Part 1: Main Provisions Section 10 and Schedules 8, 9, 10 and 11: Temporary modification of mental health and mental capacity legislation England and Wales
Schedule 8 applies to England and Wales and modifies the Mental Health Act 1983 (the "MHA") and related provisions.
	Paragraph 3 relates to sections 2 and 3 of the MHA, which allow for the compulsory hospitalisation of patients with mental disorders. Normally, applications by Approved Mental Health Professionals to detain patients must be supported by the recommendations of two doctors. However, paragraph 3(1) allows for applications to contain only one such medical recommendation, if obtaining the advice of two doctors is either impractical or would unduly delay the application.
	Paragraph 4 modifies the effect of section 5 of the MHA, which allows for the short-term detention of patients who are already in hospital. It extends the maximum period for which a patient can be detained under section 5.
	Paragraphs 5 to 8 provide for patients involved in the criminal justice system:
Paragraph 5 extends the period for which a person accused of a crime can be remanded to hospital under sections 35 and 36 of the MHA, by removing the rule that a person cannot be remanded for more than 12 weeks in total. It will remain the case that a person cannot be remanded to hospital for more than 28 days at a time.
Paragraph 6 applies to various sections of the MHA which allow a court to send an accused or convicted person to hospital. It provides that, in certain circumstances, courts can make such orders on the advice of one doctor rather than two.
Paragraph 7 modifies the conditions under which the Secretary of State may make a "transfer direction", to move a serving prisoner or other type of detainee to hospital.
Paragraph 8 deals with the time limits imposed by the MHA for taking an accused or convicted person to hospital, following a decision to admit them. It allows for the person to be taken to hospital as soon as is practicable after the normal limit expires.
	Paragraph 9 changes procedures around the administration of medication to detained patients without their consent. Paragraph 10 extends the time for which a person can be kept in a "place of safety" by a police officer under sections 135 and 136 of the MHA.
	Paragraphs 11 to 13 contain transitional provisions.