{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-units-use-of-force-act-2018/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-units-use-of-force-act-2018/section-9.json",
  "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/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Investigation of deaths or serious injuries",
  "text": "When a patient dies or suffers a serious injury in a mental health unit, the responsible person for the mental health unit must have regard to any guidance relating to the investigation of deaths or serious injuries that is published by—\n(a) the Care Quality Commission (see Part 1 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008);\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) NHS England (see section 1H of the National Health Service Act 2006);\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) a person prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 9(b) omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 102; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 9 substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(2); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 9(d) omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 36(3), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9(a)-(d) in force at 31.3.2022 by S.I. 2021/1372, reg. 2(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/27/section/9",
    "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."
}