Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995
An Act to make provision for certain mentally disordered patients in England and Wales to receive after-care under supervision after leaving hospital; to provide for the making of community care orders in the case of certain mentally disordered patients in Scotland; to amend the law relating to mentally disordered patients absent without leave or on leave of absence from hospital; and for connected purposes.
Lifecycle
Parliament
Introduced
07 Nov 1995
Monarch
Royal Assent
08 Nov 1995
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Comes into force
TBC
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