[Part 2 Interpretation]
Mental Capacity Act 2005 (2005 c 9) | Legislation

[Part 2 Interpretation]

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This Part applies for the purposes of this Schedule.

Mental health regimes

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The mental health regimes are—

(a)ÌýÌýÌýÌý the hospital treatment regime,

(b)ÌýÌýÌýÌý the community treatment regime, and

(c)ÌýÌýÌýÌý the guardianship regime.

Hospital treatment regime

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(1)ÌýÌýÌýÌý P is subject to the hospital treatment regime if he is subject to—

(a)ÌýÌýÌýÌý a hospital treatment obligation under the relevant enactment, or

(b)ÌýÌýÌýÌý an obligation under another England and Wales enactment which has the same effect as a hospital treatment obligation.

(2)ÌýÌýÌýÌý But where P is subject to any such obligation, he is to be regarded as not subject to the hospital treatment regime during any period when he is subject to the community treatment regime.

(3)ÌýÌýÌýÌý A hospital treatment obligation is an application, order or direction of a kind listed in the first column of the following table.

(4)ÌýÌýÌýÌý In relation to a hospital treatment obligation, the relevant enactment is the enactment in the Mental Health Act which is referred to in the corresponding entry in the second column of the following table.

Hospital treatment obligationRelevant
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