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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007-commencement-no-3-order-2007/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2798",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007-commencement-no-3-order-2007",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of provisions",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 1st October 2007—\n(a) Section 19 (approval of courses etc for approved mental health professionals);\n(b) Section 20 (amendment to section 62 of Care Standards Act 2000 );\n(c) Section 39 (cross-border arrangements) , sub-section (1), and sub-section (2) insofar as it gives effect to the following paragraphs of Schedule 5 —\n(i) 4 insofar as it inserts section 80D into the Mental Health Act 1983 ;\n(ii) 7;\n(iii) 8;\n(iv) 9;\n(v) 11;\n(vi) 13;\n(vii) 18(a);\n(viii) 19; and\n(ix) 21(2)(c);\n(d) Section 40 (restriction orders);\n(e) Section 41 (conditionally discharged patients subject to limitation directions);\n(f) Section 42 (offence of ill-treatment: increase in maximum penalty on conviction on indictment);\n(g) Section 46 (local health boards); and\n(h) Section 49 (independent mental capacity advocacy service: exceptions).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 (c.14)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1983 (c.20)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2798/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:43:29.516343+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."
}