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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the eighth commencement order made under the Mental Health Act 2007(c.12) and brings into force on 3rd November 2008 the provisions set out in article 2.

The Order also makes transitional and saving provisions, which are set out in the Schedule to the Order.

The Schedule requires local social services authorities to treat as an approved mental health professional a person who had been approved as an approved social worker by an LSSA in Wales immediately before 3rd November 2008. The Mental Health (Approval of Persons to be Approved Mental Health Professionals) (Wales) Regulations 2008 apply to persons treated in Wales as AMHPs to the extent set out in the Schedule.