Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 295
The Mental Health (Patients in the Community) (Transfers from Scotland) Regulations 1996
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1996 No. 295
MENTAL HEALTH
The Mental Health (Patients in the Community) (Transfers from Scotland) Regulations 1996
| Laid before Parliament | 15th February 1996 |
| Coming into force | 1st April 1996 |
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 25J(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) (Transfers from Scotland) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
Modifications of provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983
2. The provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 set out in column 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations shall apply in relation to a patient in respect of whom a supervision application is (or is to be) made subject to the modifications prescribed in column 2 of the Schedule.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Bowis
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health
14th February 1996
Notes:[1] 1983 (c. 20) as amended by the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995 (c. 52) ("the 1995 Act"); section 25J was inserted by section 1(1) of the 1995 Act.
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