Section 17: Regulations as to approvals in relation to England and Wales

Mental Health Act 2007 · 2007 c. 12View on legislation.gov.uk

Mental Health Act 2007
- Section 16: Certain registered medical practitioners to be treated as approved under section 12 of 1983 Act
- Section 18: Approved mental health professionals

Part 1: Amendments to Mental Health Act 1983 — Chapter 2: Professional roles

After section 142 of the 1983 Act, insert—

Regulations as to approvals in relation to England and Wales (142A) The Secretary of State jointly with the Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision as to the circumstances in which— (a) a practitioner approved for the purposes of section 12 above, or (b) a person approved to act as an approved clinician for the purposes of this Act, approved in relation to England is to be treated, by virtue of his approval, as approved in relation to Wales too, and vice versa.

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