Section 149 Short title, commencement and application to Scilly Isles.

United Kingdom

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Mental Health Act 1983.

(2)

Subject to subsection (3) below and Schedule 5 to this Act, this Act shall come into force on 30th September 1983.

(3)

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(4)

Section 130(4) of the M1National Health Service Act 1977 (which provides for the extension of that Act to the Isles of Scilly) shall have effect as if the references to that Act included references to this Act.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 149(3) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 8}

Marginal citations

M1: 1977 c. 49.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: For the words "Supreme Court Act 1981" there is substituted (1.10.2009) the words "Senior Courts Act 1981" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)