{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007-commencement-no-7-and-transitional-provisions-order-2008/schedule/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007-commencement-no-7-and-transitional-provisions-order-2008/schedule/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1900",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007-commencement-no-7-and-transitional-provisions-order-2008",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Approved clinicians and responsible clinicians",
  "text": "On the commencement day a decision made or action taken under the Part of, or section of, the 1983 Act specified in column 1 by a person named in column 2, shall be treated as though it had been made or taken by the person specified in column 3—\nProvision in 1983 Act\nNamed person\nTreated as taken by\nPart 2\nRMO\nresponsible clinician\nPart 2\nappropriate medical officer\nappropriate practitioner\nSections 36(4), 38(5), 41(3)(c) and (6), 45B(3), 49(3), 51(4), 52(5) and (7)\nRMO\nresponsible clinician\nSections 57(2)(a) and 58(3)(b)\nRMO\nresponsible clinician or the approved clinician in charge of the treatment in question\nSections 58(3)(a), 61(1) (the first time it appears) and 63\nRMO\napproved clinician in charge of the treatment\nSection 35(4) and (5)\nRMP\napproved clinician\nSections 36(3), 37(4), 38(4),45A(5)\nRMP who would be in charge of his treatment\napproved clinician who would have overall responsibility for his case\nSection 44(2)\nRMP who would be in charge of the offender’s treatment\napproved clinician who would have overall responsibility for the offender’s case\nSections 50(1), 51(3) and 53(2)\nRMO or any other RMP\nresponsible clinician or any other approved clinician\nSection 134\nRMP in charge of the treatment of the patient\napproved clinician with overall responsibility for the patient’s case",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1900/schedule/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:27:17.495562+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."
}