Mental Health Act 1983 - Overview

Overview

The Act is divided into ten "parts":

1. Application of the Act
2. Compulsory admission to hospital and guardianship
3. Patients concerned in criminal proceedings or under sentence
4. Consent to treatment
5. Mental Health Review Tribunal
6. Removal and return of patients within the United Kingdom
7. Management of property and affairs of patients
8. Miscellaneous functions of Local Authorities and the Secretary of State
9. Offences
10. Miscellaneous and supplementary

Each of these ten parts are divided into "sections", which are numbered continuously throughout the Act. In total, there are 149 sections in the Act.