{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983/section-114ZA",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983/section-114ZA.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/20",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983",
  "path": "section/114ZA",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "114ZA",
  "heading": "Approval of courses: England",
  "text": "(1) Social Work England may approve courses for persons who are, or wish to become, approved to act as approved mental health professionals by a local social services authority whose area is in England.\n(2) Social Work England must publish a list of—\n(a) the courses which are approved under this section, and\n(b) the courses which have been, but are no longer, approved under this section and the periods for which they were so approved.\n(3) The functions of an approved mental health professional are not to be considered to be relevant social work for the purposes of Part 4 of the Care Standards Act 2000.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) Social Work England may charge fees for approving courses under subsection (1).\n(6) In this section “Social Work England” means the body corporate established by section 36(1) of the Children and Social Work Act 2017.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 114ZA inserted (1.8.2012) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 217(2), 306(4); S.I. 2012/1319, art. 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 114ZA(1) substituted (E.) (2.12.2019) by The Social Workers Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/893), regs. 1(2), 39(2); S.I. 2019/1436, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 114ZA(2) substituted (E.) (2.12.2019) by The Social Workers Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/893), regs. 1(2), 39(3); S.I. 2019/1436, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 114ZA(4) omitted (E.) (2.12.2019) by virtue of The Social Workers Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/893), regs. 1(2), 39(4); S.I. 2019/1436, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 114ZA(5)(6) inserted (E.) (2.12.2019) by The Social Workers Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/893), regs. 1(2), 39(5); S.I. 2019/1436, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 114ZA: power to amend conferred (1.4.2018) by Children and Social Work Act 2017 (c. 16), ss. 48(1), 70(2); S.I. 2018/346, reg. 4(p)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/20/section/114ZA",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:09:24.002453+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."
}