# Mental Health Act 2025, Paragraph 24

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

(1) Section 133 (duty of managers of hospitals to give information to community patients) is amended as follows.
(2) In the heading for “nearest relatives” substitute “nominated persons”.
(3) In subsection (1)—
(a) for “nearest relative”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “nominated person”;
(b) for “nearest relative of the patient” substitute “patient’s nominated person”.
(4) In subsections (1B) and (2), for “nearest relative” substitute “nominated person”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/33/schedule/2/paragraph/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-24
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