{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-34",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/12",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/34",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 145 (interpretation) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1), in the definition of “absent without leave”, after “related expressions” insert “ (including expressions relating to a patient's liability to be returned to a hospital or other place) ”.\n(3) In that subsection, at the appropriate places insert—\n““community patient” has the meaning given in section 17A above;”\n““community treatment order” and “the community treatment order” have the meanings given in section 17A above;”\n““the community treatment period” has the meaning given in section 20A above;”\n““the responsible hospital” has the meaning given in section 17A above;”.\n(4) In subsection (3), after “guardianship” insert “ or a community patient ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/12/schedule/3/paragraph/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:49.197749+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."
}