# Mental Health Act 1983, Section 140: Notification of hospitals having arrangements for special cases.

Extent: E+W

It shall be the duty of every integrated care board and of ... every Local Health Board to give notice to every local social services authority for an area wholly or partly comprised within the area of the integrated care board or ... Local Health Board specifying the hospital or hospitals administered by or otherwise available to the integrated care board or ... Local Health Board in which arrangements are from time to time in force
(a) for the reception of patients in cases of special urgency;
(b) for the provision of accommodation or facilities designed so as to be specially suitable for patients who have not attained the age of 18 years.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/20/section/140 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983/section-140
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