# Mental Health Act 2025, Paragraph 5: Amendments of Part 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983

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

In section 17E (power to recall community patient to hospital), in subsection (1)(a), for “mental” substitute “psychiatric”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/33/schedule/1/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2025/schedule-1/paragraph-5
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