28Mental Health Act matters
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(1)Nothing in this Act authorises anyone—
(a)to give a patient medical treatment for mental disorder, or
(b)to consent to a patient’s being given medical treatment for mental disorder,
if, at the time when it is proposed to treat the patient, his treatment is regulated by Part 4 of the Mental Health Act.
(2)“Medical treatment”, “mental disorder” and “patient” have the same meaning as in that Act.