# Mental Health Act 2025, Paragraph 7

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

In section 13 (duty of approved mental health professionals to make applications for admission or guardianship), in subsection (4), for “the nearest relative”, in both places it occurs, substitute “the nominated person”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/33/schedule/2/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-7
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