{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983/section-120B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983/section-120B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/20",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983",
  "path": "section/120B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "120B",
  "heading": "Action statements",
  "text": "(1) The regulatory authority may direct a person mentioned in subsection (2) to publish a statement as to the action the person proposes to take as a result of a review or investigation under section 120(1).\n(2) The persons are—\n(a) the managers of a hospital within the meaning of Part 2 of this Act;\n(b) a local social services authority;\n(c) persons of any other description prescribed in regulations.\n(3) Regulations may make further provision about the content and publication of statements under this section.\n(4) “Regulations” means regulations made—\n(a) by the Secretary of State, in relation to England;\n(b) by the Welsh Ministers, in relation to Wales.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 120A-120D inserted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), ss. 52, 170, Sch. 3 para. 9; S.I. 2009/462, art. 1(1)(b), 2, Sch. 1 para. 33"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/20/section/120B",
    "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."
}