The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008

• Citation: S.I. 2008/800
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No.5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1983 Act ” means the Mental Health Act 1983 ;

“the 2007 Act ” means the Mental Health Act 2007.

Section 2 Commencement of provision

Section 44 (places of safety) of the 2007 Act shall come into force on 30th April 2008.

Section 3 Transitional Provisions

Notwithstanding the commencement of section 44 of the 2007 Act and pending the commencement of sections 18 (insofar as not already in force) and 21 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 2007 Act—

(a) section 135(3A) of the 1983 Act, as inserted by subsection (2) of section 44 of the 2007 Act, shall have effect as if “an approved social worker” were substituted for “an approved mental health professional”;

(b) section 136(3) of the 1983 Act, as inserted by subsection (3) of section 44 of the 2007 Act, shall have effect as if “an approved social worker” were substituted for “an approved mental health professional”.