# Mental Health Act 2025, Paragraph 21: Transitory modifications of the Mental Health Act 1983

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

(1) Pending the coming into force of section 7(2) of this Act, section 72(1)(b) and (c) and (1A) of the Mental Health Act 1983 are to be read—
(a) in relation to a patient admitted to hospital in pursuance of a hospital order (read in accordance with section 55(4) of the Mental Health Act 1983) or a Part 3 community patient, as if, for “mental”, in each place it occurs, there were substituted “relevant”;
(b) in relation to any other patient as if for “mental”, in each place it occurs, there were substituted “psychiatric”.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(a) “Part 3 community patient” means a person who is a community patient by virtue of a community treatment order under section 17A as applied by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Mental Health Act 1983.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/33/schedule/1/paragraph/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2025/schedule-1/paragraph-21
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