# Mental Health Act 1983, Section 132A: Duty of managers of hospitals to give information to community patients

Extent: E+W

(1) The managers of the responsible hospital shall take such steps as are practicable to ensure that a community patient understands—
(a) the effect of the provisions of this Act applying to community patients; and
(b) what rights of applying to a tribunal are available to him in that capacity;
and those steps shall be taken as soon as practicable after the patient becomes a community patient.
(2) The steps to be taken under subsection (1) above shall include giving the requisite information both orally and in writing.
(3) The managers of the responsible hospital shall, except where the community patient otherwise requests, take such steps as are practicable to furnish the person (if any) appearing to them to be his nearest relative with a copy of any information given to him in writing under subsection (1) above; and those steps shall be taken when the information is given to the patient or within a reasonable time thereafter.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/20/section/132A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983/section-132A
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