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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007-commencement-no-4-order-2008/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007-commencement-no-4-order-2008/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/745",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007-commencement-no-4-order-2008",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Commencement of provisions",
  "text": "The following provisions come into force on 1st April 2008 –\n(a) section 17 (regulations as to approvals in relation to England and Wales);\n(b) section 18 (approved mental health professionals) insofar as it inserts a definition of “appropriate national authority” and “approved mental health professional” in subsections (9) and (10) of new section 114 of the 1983 Act;\n(c) section 22 (conflicts of interest), subsection (5), which inserts a new section 12A into the 1983 Act;\n(d) section 30 (independent mental health advocates), subsection (2), insofar as it inserts a definition of “appropriate national authority” in subsection (5) of new section 130C into the 1983 Act;\n(e) section 35 (authority to treat) insofar as it inserts a definition of “appropriate national authority” in subsection (9) of new section 64H into the 1983 Act;\n(f) section 39 (cross-border arrangements), subsection (2), insofar as it gives effect to paragraphs 2 and 5 of Schedule 5;\n(g) section 47 (Welsh Ministers: procedure for instruments); and\n(h) section 54 (consequential provisions).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/745/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:33:17.565873+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."
}