Section 154 Short title and application to Scilly Isles.

England and Wales

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Mental Health Act 1959.

C1(2)

F1Section 278(4) of the National Health Service Act 2006 (which provides for the application of that Act to the Isles of Scilly) shall have effect as if the references to that Act included references to this Act.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 154(2) substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 25 (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)

Modifications

C1: S. 154(2) extended by Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1975 (c. 29), s. 2(4)

Notes on Part IX

Modifications

C1: Pt. IX amended by Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42), s. 2(1), Sch. 1