# Mental Health Act 2007, Paragraph 26


(1) Section 120 (general protection of detained patients) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1)—
(a) after “liable to be detained under this Act” insert “ or to community patients ”,
(b) in paragraph (a) after “registered establishments” insert “ and community patients in hospitals and establishments of any description and (if access is granted) other places ”, and
(c) in paragraph (b)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (i), after “this Act in” insert “ , or recalled under section 17E above to, ”, and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (ii), after “detained” insert “ or is or has been a community patient ”.
(3) In subsection (4)—
(a) in paragraph (a), for “registered establishment” substitute “ hospital or establishment of any description ”, and
(b) in paragraph (b), for “in a registered establishment” substitute “ under this Act or who is or has been a community patient ”.
(4) After subsection (7) insert—
“(8) In this section, “establishment of any description” has the same meaning as in section 119 above.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/12/schedule/3/paragraph/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-26
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