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What is a ‘place of safety’? A place of safety can be: a hospital; a care home; a police station; your or someone else’s home or room; other suitable premises where the manager of those premises agrees. Your home or room can only be used as a place of safety if you agree and, if you live with other people, they agree too.
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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Health Act 1983 (Places of Safety) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 11th December 2017. (2) In these Regulations— “the Act” means the Mental Health Act 1983; “custody officer” means a person who is appointed as, or who is performing the functions of, a custody officer within the meaning giv...
2.—(1) An adult (“A”) may only be removed to, kept at, or taken to, a place of safety that is a police station in the exercise of a power to which section 136A of the Act applies(4) where— (a)the decision-maker is satisfied that— (i)the behaviour of A poses an imminent risk of serious injury or death to A, or to another person, (ii)because of that ...
3.Regulations 4 to 7 apply when an adult is detained at a police station under section 135 or section 136 of the Act. 4.—(1) A custody officer at the police station must ensure that— (a)the welfare of the detained adult (“D”) is checked by a healthcare professional at least once every thirty minutes, and any appropriate action is taken for the trea...
8.—(1) The following persons are specified for the purposes of section 136(1C)(d) of the Act— (a)an occupational therapist, (b)a paramedic. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)— (a)an occupational therapist is a person registered in the register established and maintained by the Health and Care Professions Council under article 5 of the Health and...
(This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations specify the circumstances in which a police station can be used as a place of safety for an adult, for the purposes of powers in sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (that is, powers to remove or take an adult to, or to keep an adult at, a place of safety), as amended by the...
Our survey focused on the availability, in practice, of health-based places of safety and the processes and infrastructure to support this. Overall, our findings suggest that some places of safety are working effectively, with examples of good practice and organisational developments.
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Places of safety are to be ‘health-based’ (hospital, independent care home for mentally disordered persons, residential accommodation) or any other ‘suitable place’ which could include the home – with the occupier’s consent. A person can be removed from places where the public have access.
Section 136 is part of the Mental Health Act that gives police emergency powers. Police can use these powers if they think you have a mental disorder, you’re in a public place and need immediate help. They can take you or keep you in a place of safety, where your mental health will be assessed.
The term "place of safety" is a technical term used in mental health law in England and Wales. It is used in the Mental Health Act 1983, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that forms part of the mental health law of the jurisdiction of England and Wales.
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