View source for Summary of effect of amendments in Chapter 1 of Part 1

Table from Explanatory Notes, page 9.
{| class="wikitable"
!Provision                
!Currently applies to          
!Will apply in   future to       
!Learning disability provision to apply in future
!"Treatability" test applies now
!Appropriate medical treatment test to apply in future
|-
|colspan="6"|'''Civil Patients (Part 2 of the Act) '''
|-
|Admission for assessment for up to 28 days (section [[s2|2]])
|Mental disorder
|Mental disorder
|No
|No
|No
|-
|Admission for treatment ([[s3]])
|MI, MM, PD, SMM
|Mental disorder
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|-
|"Holding power" for patients already in hospital ([[s5]])
|Mental disorder
|Mental disorder
|No
|No
|No
|-
|Guardianship ([[s7]])
|MI, MM, PD, SMM
|Mental disorder
|Yes
|No
|No
|-
|colspan="6"|'''Patients concerned in criminal proceedings (Part 3 of the Act) '''
|-
|Remand to hospital for report ([[s35]])
|MI, MM, PD, SMM
|Mental disorder
|Yes
|No
|Yes
|-
|Remand to hospital for treatment ([[s36]])
|MI, SMM
|Mental disorder
|Yes
|No
|Yes
|-
|Hospital order ([[s37]])
|MI, MM, PD, SMM
|Mental disorder
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|-
|Hospital order without conviction ([[s37]](3) and [[s51|51]](5))
|MI, SMM
|Mental disorder
|Yes
|No
|Yes
|-
|Interim hospital order ([[s38]])
|MI, MM, PD, SMM
|Mental disorder
|Yes
|No
|Yes
|-
|Hospital and limitation directions ([[s45A]])
|PD
|Mental disorder
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|-
|Transfer direction - sentenced prisoner ([[s47]])
|MI, MM, PD, SMM
|Mental disorder
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|-
|Transfer direction - other ([[s48]])
|MI, SMM
|Mental disorder
|Yes
|No
|Yes
|}
''Key: MI = mental illness, MM = mental impairment, PD = psychopathic disorder, SMM = 
severe mental impairment''