{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2025/33",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health Act 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2025",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 118 (code of practice), in subsection (1)—\n(a) omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (a);\n(b) after paragraph (b) insert—\n“(c) for the guidance of nominated persons in relation to their functions under this Act and for the guidance of health or care professionals within the meaning of paragraph 17 of Schedule A1 in respect of their functions under that Schedule;”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 17 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 56(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/33/schedule/2/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:45:37.913870+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."
}