# Mental Health Act 2025, Paragraph 4: Amendments of Part 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983

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

(1) Section 17A (community treatment orders) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (5), for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a) the patient is suffering from psychiatric disorder of a nature or degree which makes it appropriate for the patient to receive medical treatment,”.
(3) In subsection (6), for “mental”, in both places it occurs, substitute “psychiatric”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/33/schedule/1/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2025/schedule-1/paragraph-4
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