# Mental Health Act 1983, Paragraph 21

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Any direction to which section 71(4) of the Mental Health Act 1959 applied immediately before the commencement of this Act shall have the same effect as a hospital order together with a restriction order, made without limitation of time.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/20/schedule/5/paragraph/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983/schedule-5/paragraph-21
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