http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/20/section/83AMental Health Act 1983An Act to consolidate the law relating to mentally disordered persons.1983-05-09texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-04-09Expert Participation2026-04-06 Part VI Removal and Return of Patients Within United Kingdom, <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation> Removal to and from Channel Islands and Isle of Man<Substitution ChangeId="d29p11635" CommentaryRef="c19868651">Transfer of responsibility for conditionally discharged patients to Channel Islands or Isle of Man</Substitution>83AIf it appears to the Secretary of State, in the case of a patient who—ais subject to a restriction order or restriction direction under section 41 or 49 above; andbhas been conditionally discharged under section 42 or 73 above,that a transfer under this section would be in the interests of the patient, the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the authority exercising corresponding functions in any of the Channel Islands or in the Isle of Man, transfer responsibility for the patient to that authority.S. 83A: Title substituted (3.11.2008) by virtue of Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 39, 56, Sch. 5 para. 10 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(n) (with art. 3, Sch.)S. 83A inserted (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 43, s. 48, Sch. 3, para. 4; S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2