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Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 1207

Mental Health, England

The Mental Health (Nurses) (England) Order 2008

Made

28th April 2008

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by section 5(4) and (7) of the Mental Health Act 1983( 1 ) makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and application

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Mental Health (Nurses) (England) Order 2008.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 3rd November 2008 immediately before the coming into force of the Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Treatment) Regulations 2008( 2 ).

(3) This Order applies to England.

Prescribed classes of nurse

2. —(1) For the purposes of section 5(4) of the Mental Health Act 1983(power to detain patient in hospital for maximum of 6 hours) a nurse of the prescribed class is a nurse registered in either Sub-Part 1 or 2 of the register maintained under article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001( 3 ), whose registration includes an entry specified in paragraph (2).

(2) An entry in the register referred to in paragraph (1) is an entry indicating that the nurse’s field of practice is either—

(a) mental health nursing, or

(b) learning disabilities nursing.

Revocation

3.The Mental Health (Nurses) Order 1998( 4 ) is revoked in relation to England.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Ivan Lewis

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department of Health

28th April 2008

( 1 )

1983 c.20 . Section 5(4) was amended by section 9(2) of the Mental Health Act 2007 (c.12) .

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The Mental Health (Nurses) (England) Order 2008 (2008/1207)

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