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{{Legislation
|Type=UK Public General Act
|Year=2004
|Number=28
|Subject=Legislation amending MHA 1983, Other useful legislation
|Summary=This Act amends the [[MHA 1983]], [[CPIA 1964]] etc.
|Detail===Amendments==
Sections 22 and 24, and sch 10 and sch 11, amend [[CPIA 1964 s4]], [[CPIA 1964 s4A|4A]], substitutes [[CPIA 1964 s5|s5]], inserts [[CPIA 1964 s5A|s5A]], repeals [[CPIA 1964 s7|s7]], amends [[CPIA 1964 s8|s8]], repeals [[CPIA 1964 sch 2|sch 2]], and inserts [[CPIA 1964 sch 1A|sch 1A]].

Schedule 3 (Unfitness to stand trial and insanity: courts-martial etc) of the Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act 2004 makes various changes to the Army Act 1955, Air Force Act 1955, Naval Discipline Act 1957 and Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968, applying [[MHA 1983 s35]], [[s36]], [[s37]] and [[s38]] with amendments. See [[Application of MHA 1983 to Armed Forces]].

Schedule 10 para 18ff amends [[MHA 1983 s47]], [[s69]], [[s71]], [[s79]], [[s84]], and [[MHA 1983 sched 5]] para 21 and para 37(2)

Schedule 11 partially repeals [[MHA 1983 s69]](2)(a), and repeals [[s71]](5) and (6), and [[s79]](1)(b).

==See also==
* [[Victims' rights to make representations and receive information]] for details of Part 2 Chapter 3. 

* {{mha change|DVCVA}} Section 48 and Schedule 6 of the [[Mental Health Act 2007]] will extend, with modifications, victims' rights to cover certain unrestricted patients: (1) [[s37]]; (2) [[s45A]] hospital direction with expired limitation direction; and (3) [[s47]] (patient transferred without restrictions, or restrictions have ceased).

==Explanatory note==

The following is an extract from the official Explanatory Note.

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|External links=* [http://www.knowledgenetwork.gov.uk/HO/circular.nsf/79755433dd36a66980256d4f004d1514/09895edaee95a97f80256fe100449ec2?OpenDocument Home Office Circular 24/2005] - The Domestic Violence, Crime And Victims Act 2004: Provisions For Unfitness To Plead And Insanity (site does not work with Firefox browser)

*[http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_089408 Mental Health Act 2007: guidance on the extension of victims' rights under the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004] - DH, published 17/10/08

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