{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/12",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Further cases in which appropriate treatment test is to apply",
  "text": "(1) The 1983 Act is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 36(1) (remand to hospital for treatment) after paragraph (a) (inserted by Schedule 1 to this Act) insert\n“and\n(b) appropriate medical treatment is available for him.”\n(3) In section 48(1) (removal to hospital of immigration detainees etc) after paragraph (b) (inserted by Schedule 1 to this Act) insert\n“and\n(c) appropriate medical treatment is available for him;”.\n(4) In section 51(6)(a) (further power to make hospital order) after sub-paragraph (i) (inserted by Schedule 1 to this Act) insert\n“and\n(ii) appropriate medical treatment is available for him; and”.",
  "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/5",
    "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."
}