{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007/schedule-9/paragraph-9",
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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/9/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 50, after subsection (1) insert—\n“(1A) Nor is permission required for an application to the court under section 21A by the relevant person's representative.”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 9 omitted (16.5.2019 for specified purposes) by virtue of Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 (c. 18), s. 6(3), Sch. 2 para. 13"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/12/schedule/9/paragraph/9",
    "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."
}