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Schedule 10 contains various transitional provisions and savings, under the following headings:

*Authority to detain etc

*Consent to treatment

*Reclassification of patients

*Supervised community treatment

*Nearest relative

*Independent mental health advocates

*Applications and references to Mental Health Review Tribunal

Other transitional provisions can be found in the commencement orders.

==Extract from Explanatory Notes==
'''Section 53 and Schedule 10: Transitional provision and savings '''

245. Section 53 introduces Schedule 10, which contains a number of transitional provisions.  
These transitional provisions provide a bridge from the system as it operates at present under 
the 1983 Act to the one that will operate under the amendments made to the 1983 Act by the 
2007 Act.  They stipulate the extent to which an amendment to the 1983 Act applies to or has 
an impact on a patient who is subject to the 1983 Act when the amendments come into force. 
The transitional provisions in Schedule 10 relate to provisions in the 2007 Act concerning:  
*the authority to detain a patient 
*consent to treatment 
*the reclassification of a patient's mental disorder 
*the patient's nearest relative 
*the rules governing applications and referrals to the MHRT 
*independent mental health advocates. 

==Commencement==
{{mha change info|19/7/07|A|53, sch 10|Various amendments are disapplied in certain situations}}

==Resources==

[[Mental Health Act 2007 Explanatory Notes]] - page 42

See also the following which contain transitional arrangements:

*[http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_086566 Implementation of the Mental Health Act 2007: transitional arrangements] - Guidance on DH website published on 31/7/08

*[http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_084604 Mental Health Act 2007: Patients on After-Care Under Supervision (ACUS): Transitional Arrangements] - Guidance on DH website published on 7/5/08

*[http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/Documents/816/2008%2010%20Transitional%20Guidance.pdf Implementing the Mental Health Act 2007: Guidance on transitional arrangements] - October 2008, Welsh Assembly Government

*[[Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008]]

*[[Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 6 and After-care under Supervision: Savings, Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008]]

*[[Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No.7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008]]

*[[Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008]]

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