{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-conflicts-of-interest-england-regulations-2008/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-conflicts-of-interest-england-regulations-2008/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1205",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (Conflicts of Interest) (England) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-conflicts-of-interest-england-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Potential conflict of interest for business reasons",
  "text": "(1) When considering making an application or considering giving a medical recommendation in respect of a patient, an assessor shall have a potential conflict of interest for business reasons if both the assessor and the patient or another assessor are closely involved in the same business venture, including being a partner, director, other office-holder or major shareholder of that venture.\n(2) Where the patient’s nearest relative is making an application, a registered medical practitioner who is considering giving a medical recommendation in respect of that patient shall have a potential conflict of interest for business reasons if that registered medical practitioner and the nearest relative are both closely involved in the same business venture, including being a partner, director, other office-holder or major shareholder of that venture.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1205/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:31:20.217391+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."
}