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Section 130J: Welsh qualifying informal patients

Mental Health Act 1983 · 1983 c. 20View on legislation.gov.uk

Part X: Miscellaneous and Supplementary

This section applies for the purposes of section 130E above.

A patient is a Welsh qualifying informal patient if–

the patient is an in-patient at a hospital or registered establishment situated in Wales;
the patient is receiving treatment for, or assessment in relation to, mental disorder at the hospital or registered establishment; and
no application, order, direction or report renders the patient liable to be detained under this Act.

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