http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/20/section/17GMental Health Act 1983An Act to consolidate the law relating to mentally disordered persons.1983-05-09texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-04-09Expert Participation2026-04-06
Mental Health Act 1983s. 118(5A)-(5C)Mental Health Act 2025s. 2(9)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 118(8)Mental Health Act 2025s. 2(11)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Pt. 8AMental Health Act 2025s. 4s. 125D confers powers. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 2(2)(b)(c)Mental Health Act 2025s. 5(2)(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 3(2)(b)-(e)Mental Health Act 2025s. 5(3)(a)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 20(4)(b)-(e)Mental Health Act 2025s. 5(5)s. 5(6)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 17A(5)(b)-(f)Mental Health Act 2025s. 6(2)(a)s. 6(4)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 1AMental Health Act 2025s. 8(2)(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 63(1)Mental Health Act 2025s. 8(7)(a)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 63(1)Mental Health Act 2025s. 8(7)(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 63(2)Mental Health Act 2025s. 8(7)(c)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 56AMental Health Act 2025s. 11(2)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 58A(4)(c)(iii)Mental Health Act 2025s. 11(5)(b)(iii)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 56BMental Health Act 2025s. 12(2)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 64C(10)Mental Health Act 2025s. 12(7)(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 57AMental Health Act 2025s. 13(2)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 58(A1)Mental Health Act 2025s. 13(3)(a)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 64C(3)(3A)Mental Health Act 2025s. 13(8)(a)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 61(1A)-(1C)Mental Health Act 2025s. 16(2)(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 62(1ZA)Mental Health Act 2025s. 17(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 62ZA-62ZCMental Health Act 2025s. 18(4)s. 62ZC confers powers. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 118(1)(e)Mental Health Act 2025s. 18(6)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 119(2A)Mental Health Act 2025s. 19(3)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 64(1BA)-(1BD)Mental Health Act 2025s. 20(6)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 130ZA 130ZBMental Health Act 2025s. 21S. 130ZA confers powers. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 17A(4)(b)(c)Mental Health Act 2025s. 22(2)(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 17B(5A)Mental Health Act 2025s. 22(3)(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 17B(8)Mental Health Act 2025s. 22(3)(c)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 17E(2A)Mental Health Act 2025s. 22(4)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 17F(4A)Mental Health Act 2025s. 22(5)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 20A(8A)Mental Health Act 2025s. 22(6)(c)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 80C(7)Mental Health Act 2025s. 22(8)(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 85ZA(6)Mental Health Act 2025s. 22(9)(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 92(1B)Mental Health Act 2025s. 22(10)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 72(3B)Mental Health Act 2025s. 23(2)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 11(4)-(4C)Mental Health Act 2025s. 25(2)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 20(5)(a)Mental Health Act 2025s. 25(3)(a)(i)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 20(5)(b) and wordMental Health Act 2025s. 25(3)(a)(ii)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 20(6A)Mental Health Act 2025s. 25(3)(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 66(1)(ia)Mental Health Act 2025s. 25(4)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 17AAMental Health Act 2025s. 27(2)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 20A(8B)Mental Health Act 2025s. 27(4)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 66(1)(ib)Mental Health Act 2025s. 27(5)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 19(3A)Mental Health Act 2025s. 28s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 19(2A)Mental Health Act 2025s. 29(2)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 20(1)-(2A)Mental Health Act 2025s. 29(3)(a)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 2B(c)Mental Health Act 2025s. 29(5)(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 5(b)Mental Health Act 2025s. 29(5)(c)(ii)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 5B-5DMental Health Act 2025s. 29(5)(d)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 5(ba)Mental Health Act 2025s. 29(6)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 17G(5)Mental Health Act 2025s. 31(2)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 19(2A)Mental Health Act 2025s. 31(3)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 68(4A)Mental Health Act 2025s. 31(4)(e)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 143(2)(b)Mental Health Act 2025s. 31(6)(a)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 10(1)Mental Health Act 2025s. 31(7)(a)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 10(1)(b)Mental Health Act 2025s. 31(7)(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 10(2)Mental Health Act 2025s. 31(7)(c)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 75(2B)Mental Health Act 2025s. 33(3)(a)s. 33(4)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 23(2A)-(2C)Mental Health Act 2025s. 34s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 47AMental Health Act 2025s. 37(2)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 48AMental Health Act 2025s. 37(3)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 48BMental Health Act 2025s. 37(4)confers powers. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 143(3ZA)Mental Health Act 2025s. 37(5)(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 132(2A)(2B)Mental Health Act 2025s. 41(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 132A(1)(c)Mental Health Act 2025s. 42(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 132BMental Health Act 2025s. 43s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 130M 130NMental Health Act 2025s. 44(2)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 118(1)(f)Mental Health Act 2025s. 44(3)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 72(8)Mental Health Act 2025s. 45(3)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 117(3A)Mental Health Act 2025s. 46(3)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 135(7)(za)Mental Health Act 2025s. 48(4)(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 85(2A)Mental Health Act 2025s. 50(3)(c)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. A2Mental Health Act 2025s. 50(5)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 34A and cross-headingMental Health Act 2025Sch. 1 para. 8s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 2ZA 2ZBMental Health Act 2025Sch. 1 para. 11(4)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 2AAMental Health Act 2025Sch. 1 para. 11(5)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 5B(3)Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 1 para. 11(6)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 5C(4)Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 1 para. 11(7)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 5D(3)Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 1 para. 11(8)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 6(4)Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 1 para. 11(9)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 6ZAMental Health Act 2025Sch. 1 para. 11(10)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 56(6)Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 1 para. 13(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 72(1ZA)Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 1 para. 17(2)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 72(1B)Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 1 para. 17(4)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 73(9)Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 1 para. 18s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 30A 30B and cross-headingMental Health Act 2025Sch. 2 para. 2s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. A1Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 2 para. 3s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 118(1)(c)Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 2 para. 17(b)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 36AMental Health Act 2025Sch. 2 para. 27s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 38(8)Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 2 para. 28s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 8(b)Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 2 para. 29(c)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 8ZAMental Health Act 2025Sch. 2 para. 29(d)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 9Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 2 para. 29(e)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 11Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 2 para. 29(f)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 5(b)Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 2 para. 30(c)(i)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 5(d) and wordMental Health Act 2025Sch. 2 para. 30(c)(ii)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 7(b)(i)Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 2 para. 30(d)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 7AMental Health Act 2025Sch. 2 para. 30(e)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 9Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 2 para. 30(f)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 118(1)(d)Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 3 para. 2(2)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 130A(1A)Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 3 para. 3(3)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 130B(2)(c)(d)Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 3 para. 4(3)(c)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 130B(2A)-(2D)Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 3 para. 4(4)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 130B(6A)Mental Health Act 2025Sch. 3 para. 4(7)s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 130CA-130CCMental Health Act 2025Sch. 3 para. 6s. 130CC confers powers. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983s. 130DAMental Health Act 2025Sch. 3 para. 7s. 56(3)Mental Health Act 1983ActArmed Forces Act 1996Sch. 2 para. 9(replacing1968 c 20 s. 23)s. 36(2)Mental Health Act 1983ActArmed Forces Act 1996Sch. 2 para. 4(replacing1957 c 53 s. 63)s. 36(2)Mental Health Act 1983ActArmed Forces Act 1996Sch. 2 para. 4(replacing1957 c 53 s. 63)s. 36(2)Mental Health Act 1983ActArmed Forces Act 1996Sch. 2 para. 1(replacing1955 c 19 s. 116)s. 36(2)Mental Health Act 1983ActArmed Forces Act 1996Sch. 2 para. 1(replacing1955 c 19 s. 116)s. 36(2)Mental Health Act 1983ActArmed Forces Act 1996Sch. 2 para. 1(replacing1955 c 18 s 116)s. 36(2)Mental Health Act 1983ActArmed Forces Act 1996Sch. 2 para. 1(replacing1955 c 18 s 116)s. 36(2)Mental Health Act 1983s. 74(8)Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015Sch. 3 para. 3(3)s. 95(1)
Part II Compulsory Admission to Hospital and Guardianship Position of patients subject to detention or guardianship<Addition ChangeId="d29p1293" CommentaryRef="c19837041">Effect of revoking community treatment order</Addition>17G1This section applies if a community treatment order is revoked under section 17F above in respect of a patient.2Section 6(2) above shall have effect as if the patient had never been discharged from hospital by virtue of the community treatment order.3The provisions of this or any other Act relating to patients liable to be detained (or detained) in pursuance of an application for admission for treatment shall apply to the patient as they did before the community treatment order was made, unless otherwise provided.4If, when the order is revoked, the patient is being detained in a hospital other than the responsible hospital, the provisions of this Part of this Act shall have effect as if—athe application for admission for treatment in respect of him were an application for admission to that other hospital; andbhe had been admitted to that other hospital at the time when he was originally admitted in pursuance of the application.5But, in any case, section 20 below shall have effect as if the patient had been admitted to hospital in pursuance of the application for admission for treatment on the day on which the order is revoked.S. 17G modified (3.11.2008) by The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 6 and After-care under Supervision: Savings, Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1210), art. 11(d)Ss. 17A-17G inserted (1.4.2008 s. 17F for certain purposes, otherwise 3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 32(2), 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/745, art. 2(c)(i); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(i) (with art. 3, Sch. )Pt. II (ss. 2–34) modified by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 36, SIF 85), ss. 17(2), 78(2)Part II (ss. 2-34) modified (E.W.) (1.1.1992) by Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991 (c. 25, SIF 39:1), s. 5(1), Sch. 1 para.3 (with saving in s. 8); S.I. 1991/2488, art. 2