{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983/section-117B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983/section-117B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/20",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983",
  "path": "section/117B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "117B",
  "heading": "After-care: exception for provision of nursing care",
  "text": "(1) Section 117 does not authorise or require a local social services authority ..., in or in connection with the provision of services under that section, to provide or arrange for the provision of nursing care by a registered nurse.\n(2) In this section “nursing care by a registered nurse” means a service provided by a registered nurse involving—\n(a) the provision of care, or\n(b) the planning, supervision or delegation of the provision of care,\nother than a service which, having regard to its nature and the circumstances in which it is provided, does not need to be provided by a registered nurse.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 117B inserted (1.4.2015) by The Care Act 2014 and Children and Families Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/914), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 28 (with arts. 1(3), 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 117B(1) omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (No. 413), regs. 2(1), 36"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/20/section/117B",
    "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."
}