# Mental Health Act 2025, Paragraph 18: Amendments of Part 5 of the Mental Health Act 1983

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Status: prospective

In section 73 (power to discharge restricted patients), after subsection (8) insert—
“(9) Subsection (4) of section 20 is to be read, for the purposes of this section, as if the reference to psychiatric disorder in paragraph (a) of that subsection were a reference to relevant disorder (within the meaning given by section 34A).”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/33/schedule/1/paragraph/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2025/schedule-1/paragraph-18
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