{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983/section-67",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983/section-67.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/20",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983",
  "path": "section/67",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "67",
  "heading": "References to tribunals by Secretary of State concerning Part II patients.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, at any time refer to the appropriate tribunal the case of any patient who is liable to be detained or subject to guardianship . . . under Part II of this Act or of any community patient .\n(2) For the purpose of furnishing information for the purposes of a reference under subsection (1) above any registered medical practitioner or approved clinician authorised by or on behalf of the patient may, at any reasonable time, visit the patient and examine him in private and require the production of and inspect any records relating to the detention or treatment of the patient in any hospital or to any after-care services provided for the patient under section 117 below.\n(3) Section 32 above shall apply for the purposes of this section as it applies for the purposes of Part II of this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 67(1) substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 6, Sch. 3 para. 47"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 67(1) repealed (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 55, 56, Sch. 11 Pt. 5 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1210, art. 2(d) (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 67(1) inserted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 32, 56, Sch. 3 para. 19 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(i) (with art. 3, Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 67(2) inserted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 13(2)(a), 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 67(2) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 52, ss. 1(2), 7(2), Sch. 1, para. 8(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 67(1) modified (3.11.2008) by The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 6 and After-care under Supervision: Savings, Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1210), art. 6(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/20/section/67",
    "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."
}