Section 51 of the Act extends the remit of the Human Rights Act 1998 to private care providers when providing care and treatment to informal patients and under section 117 of the 1983 Act (and its equivalent in Scotland).
	A private care provider would be considered to be a public authority for the purposes of the Human Rights Act – and would be required to act compatibly with the Convention rights set out in the Human Rights Act – when providing services under section 117 of the 1983 Act (and its equivalent in Scotland) or to informal psychiatric patients where this is being arranged or paid for by an NHS body.
Miscellaneous Section 51: Human Rights Act 1998: extension to certain private care providers