View source for Approved Mental Health Professional replaces Approved Social Worker

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"Approved mental health professional" is defined in [[s114]] as:

:(a) in relation to acting on behalf of a local social services authority whose area is in England, a person approved under subsection (1) above by any local social services authority whose area is in England, and 

:(b) in relation to acting on behalf of a local social services authority whose area is in Wales, a person approved under that subsection by any local social services authority whose area is in Wales.

The obvious difference with the old [[Approved Social Worker]] is that the AMHP need not be a social worker.

==Commencement==
{{mha change info|1/10/07|3|19, 20|New [[s114A]] [and CSA 2000 amended]|1/4/08|4|18 (for the purpose only of making regulations)| |1/4/08|4|18 (partially)|New [[s114]](9) and (10), defining "the appropriate national authority" and "approved mental health professional"|3/11/08|7|18 (remainder, England only)|New [[s114]]|3/11/08|7|s21 and sch 2 (England only)|[[s4]], [[s8]], [[s10]], [[s11]], [[s13]], [[s14]], [[s18]], [[s21B]], [[s29]], [[s30]], [[s40]], [[s87]], [[s88]], [[s89]], [[s115]], [[s118]], [[s135]], [[s136]], [[s138]], [[s145]]|3/11/08|8|s18 (remainder, Wales); s21 and sch 2 (Wales)|As above}}


==External links==

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