{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983-remedial-order-2001/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983-remedial-order-2001/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3712",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health Act 1983 (Remedial) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983-remedial-order-2001",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement, application, extent and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order shall come into force on 26th November 2001.\n(2) This Order shall apply in relation to any determination made by a Mental Health Review Tribunal on or after the date on which this Order comes into force (including any determination in respect of an application or referral made to the Tribunal before that date).\n(3) This Order shall extend to England and Wales only.\n(4) In this Order “the Act” means the Mental Health Act 1983.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3712/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:22:14.214757+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."
}