The Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Treatment) (England) Regulations 2008
These Regulations are the principal regulations dealing with the procedural matters relating to the compulsory treatment of persons who have a mental disorder under the Mental Health Act 1983 (c.20), as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007 (c.12). The Mental Health Act 1983 (“the Act”) allows the detention in hospital of people with mental disorder, or the imposition of other compulsory measures on them, including guardianship and community treatment orders. The Regulations provide for certain applications, recommendations and records under the Act to be in the form set out in the Forms in Schedule 1.