{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coronavirus-act-2020/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coronavirus-act-2020/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/7",
  "legislation_title": "Coronavirus Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coronavirus-act-2020",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Temporary modification of mental health and mental capacity legislation",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 8 contains temporary modifications of the Mental Health Act 1983, and related provision.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n( 3) Schedule 10 contains temporary modifications of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4)), and related provision.\n(4) Schedule 11 contains temporary modifications of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 18 (N.I.)), and related provision.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 10(1) expires (E.) (10.12.2020) by The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Expiry of Mental Health Provisions) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1467), reg. 2(1)(a) (with reg. 2(2))S. 10(1) expires in part (W.) (10.12.2020) by The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Expiry of Mental Health Provisions) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1467), reg. 2(1)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 10(2) expires (25.3.2022) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 89 (with s. 90)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 10(3) suspended in part (10.5.2021) by The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Suspension) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/98), arts. 1(1), 2 (with art. 3, Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 10 in force at 27.3.2020 at 9.00 a.m. for W. by S.I. 2020/366, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 10(3) in force at 2.4.2020 by S.R. 2020/58, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 10(4) in force at 2.4.2020 for specified purposes by S.R. 2020/58, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/7/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:02:07.434984+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}