{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983/section-130F",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983/section-130F.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/20",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983",
  "path": "section/130F",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "130F",
  "heading": "Arrangements under section 130E for Welsh qualifying compulsory patients",
  "text": "(1) The help available to a Welsh qualifying compulsory patient under arrangements under section 130E shall include help in obtaining information about and understanding–\n(a) the provisions of this Act by virtue of which he is a qualifying compulsory patient;\n(b) any conditions or restrictions to which he is subject by virtue of this Act;\n(c) what (if any) medical treatment is given to him or is proposed or discussed in his case;\n(d) why it is given, proposed or discussed;\n(e) the authority under which it is, or would be, given; and\n(f) the requirements of this Act which apply, or would apply, in connection with the giving of the treatment to him.\n(2) The help available under the arrangements to a Welsh qualifying compulsory patient shall also include–\n(a) help in obtaining information about and understanding any rights which may be exercised under this Act by or in relation to him;\n(b) help (by way of representation or otherwise)–\n(i) in exercising the rights referred to in paragraph (a);\n(ii) for patients who wish to become involved, or more involved, in decisions made about their care or treatment, or care or treatment generally;\n(iii) for patients who wish to complain about their care or treatment;\n(c) the provision of information about other services which are or may be available to the patient;\n(d) other help specified in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 130F inserted (15.2.2011 for specified purposes, 3.1.2012 in so far as not already in force) by Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 7), ss. 32, 55(1), (2); S.I. 2011/3046, art. 2(b) (with art. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/20/section/130F",
    "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."
}