Part 4: Police Powers Chapter 4: Powers under the Mental Health Act 1983
This Chapter forms part of the law of England and Wales.
	This Chapter makes changes to sections 135 and 136 of the 1983 Act, inserts new sections 136A to 136C, and makes other consequential amendments to that Act. Sections 135 and 136 give the police powers to detain and remove persons who appear to the officer to be suffering from a mental disorder and take them to a designated "place of safety", with a view to having their mental health assessed and, where appropriate, arrangements made for their ongoing care and/or treatment.