Background to the Mental Health Act 2007Who Operates the Act?The Codes of Practice and the Reference GuideMental Disorder and the Availability of Appropriate Medical TreatmentCivil Admission and Compulsion in HospitalCivil Compulsion in the CommunityMentally Disordered OffendersMedical Treatment under the Mental Health ActThe Mental Capacity Act 2005The Interface between the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity ActThe Deprivation of Liberty SafeguardsTribunalsHospital ManagersThe Nearest RelativeThe Care Quality Commission (England) and the Health-Care Inspectorate WalesIndependent Mental Health AdvocatesHuman Rights Act ImplicationsChildren and Young PersonsAppendix 1: Mental Health Act 1983 as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007Appendix 2A: The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008Appendix 2B: Practice Direction First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Statements and Reports in Mental Health CasesAppendix 2C: The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales Rules 2008Appendix 3A: The Mental Health Regulations: MENTAL HEALTH (ENGLAND) Statutory Instrument No. 1184 2008 Appendix 3B: The Mental Health Regulations: MENTAL HEALTH (WALES) Statutory Instrument No. 2439 (W. 212) 2008 Appendix 4: The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005 (SI 2005/2078)Appendix 5: The Human Rights Act 1998Appendix 6: Case LawAppendix 7: Conversion Chart for Forms used in Wales and EnglandAppendix 8: Tranfer of Patients within and from the British IslandsAppendix 9: Approved Clinician CompetencesAppendix 10A: The Mental Health Regulations: MENTAL HEALTH (CONFLICT OF INTEREST) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2008Appendix 10B: The Mental Health Regulations: MENTAL HEALTH (CONFLICT OF INTEREST) (WALES) REGULATIONS 2008.