{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007/section-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007/section-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/12",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Amendments to Part 5 of 1983 Act",
  "text": "(1) Part 5 of the 1983 Act (Mental Health Review Tribunals) is amended as follows.\n(2) In the following provisions, after “registered medical practitioner” insert “ or approved clinician ”\n(a) section 67(2) (power to visit and examine patient for the purposes of a tribunal reference), and\n(b) section 76(1) (power to visit and examine patient for the purposes of a tribunal application).\n(3) In section 79 (interpretation of Part 5), in subsection (6), for “, and “the responsible medical officer” means the responsible medical officer,” substitute “ , and “the responsible clinician” means the responsible clinician, ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/12/section/13",
    "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."
}