# Mental Health Act 2025, Section 14: Medicine etc: treatment in other circumstances

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

In section 58 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (treatment requiring consent or a second opinion)—
(a) in subsection (1)(b), for “three” substitute “two”;
(b) in subsection (3)(a), after “has consented to it” insert “, that the treatment constitutes appropriate medical treatment”;
(c) in subsection (4), for “(3)(b) above the registered medical practitioner concerned” substitute “(3) the person giving the certificate”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/33/section/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2025/section-14
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