{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/schedule-AA1/paragraph-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/schedule-AA1/paragraph-53.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/9",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Capacity Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005",
  "path": "schedule/AA1/paragraph/53",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) P is subject to the hospital treatment regime if P is subject to—\n(a) an application, order or direction listed in column 1 of the Table, under the section of the Mental Health Act listed in column 2, or\n(b) anything that has the same effect as any of those, under another England and Wales enactment,\nsubject to sub-paragraph (2).\n(2) P is not subject to the hospital treatment regime during any period for which P is subject to—\n(a) a community treatment order under section 17A of the Mental Health Act, or\n(b) anything which has the same effect, under another England and Wales enactment.\nObligation\nMental Health Act section\nApplication for admission for assessment\nSection 2\nApplication for admission for assessment\nSection 4\nApplication for admission for treatment\nSection 3\nOrder for remand to hospital\nSection 35\nOrder for remand to hospital\nSection 36\nHospital order\nSection 37\nInterim hospital order\nSection 38\nOrder for detention in hospital\nSection 44\nHospital direction\nSection 45A\nTransfer direction\nSection 47\nTransfer direction\nSection 48\nHospital order\nSection 51",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. AA1 inserted (16.5.2019 but only for the purpose of enabling the exercise of any power to make regulations and otherwise prosp.) by Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 (c. 18), s. 6(3), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/schedule/AA1/paragraph/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:24.228713+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."
}