The Mental Health Act 1983 (Places of Safety) Regulations 2017
These Regulations specify the circumstances in which a police station can be used as a place of safety for an adult, for the purposes of powers in sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (that is, powers to remove or take an adult to, or to keep an adult at, a place of safety), as amended by the Policing and Crime Act 2017. Where a police station is used, the Regulations also describe the safeguards and steps to be taken to protect the person detained.
Lifecycle
Department
Made
24 Oct 2017
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In force
11 Dec 2017
Enabling power
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 136(1C)(d) and 136A(2) and (3) of the Mental Health Act 1983:
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