# Mental Health Act 2025, Paragraph 30

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

In Part 2 of Schedule 1 (application of certain provisions to patients subject to hospital and guardianship orders who are subject to special restrictions)—
(a) in paragraph 1, after “Sections” insert “30A,”;
(b) in paragraph 2—
(i) after “23” insert “, 30B”;
(ii) after “34” insert “and Schedule A1”;
(iii) for “8” substitute “9”;
(c) in paragraph 5—
(i) omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (b);
(ii) at the end of paragraph (c) insert
“and
(d) in subsection (3A), after paragraph (a) there is to be inserted—
“(za) is inappropriate,””;
(d) in paragraph 7(b)(i), for “the nearest relative of the patient” substitute “the patient’s nominated person”;
(e) after paragraph 7 insert—
“7A In section 30B—
(a) in subsection (2)(b) the reference to an approved mental health professional is to be read as a reference to the responsible clinician;
(b) in subsection (3), paragraphs (a) to (c) are to be omitted.”;
(f) after paragraph 8 insert—
“9 In Schedule A1, references to an approved mental health professional are to be read as references to the responsible clinician.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/33/schedule/2/paragraph/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-30
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