| 21. | The Mental Health Act 1983 covers England and Wales.
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| 22. | Under s 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983
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| 23. | The Mental Health Act 1983 gave psychiatrists explicit authority to treat detained patients without consent.
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| 24. | I have worked as an Approved Social Worker assessing people under the Mental Health Act.
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| 25. | These include the Mental Health Act 1959, the majority of which was repealed by this Act.
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| 26. | He was to be taken by ambulance and was then sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
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| 27. | The Mental Health Act 1959 had given psychiatrists implied authority to treat detained patients without consent.
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| 28. | He attempted suicide and attacked another prison officer, and was sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
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| 29. | She was detained under the Mental Health Act.
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| 30. | This is intended cut the number of people detained in custody under the Mental Health Act.
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