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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-units-use-of-force-act-2018/section-10",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/27",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-units-use-of-force-act-2018",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Delegation of responsible person's functions",
  "text": "(1) The responsible person for each mental health unit may delegate any functions exercisable by the responsible person under this Act to a relevant person only in accordance with this section.\n(2) The responsible person may only delegate a function to a relevant person if the relevant person is of an appropriate level of seniority.\n(3) The delegation of a function does not affect the responsibility of the responsible person for the exercise of the responsible person's functions under this Act.\n(4) The delegation of a function does not prevent the responsible person from exercising the function.\n(5) In this section “relevant person” means a person employed by the relevant health organisation that operates the mental health unit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 10 in force at 31.3.2022 by S.I. 2021/1372, reg. 2(h)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/27/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:39.221184+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."
}