| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/11/04/03/04/08/01 |
| PreviousNumbers | DAB/1/01/01/01 |
| Title | Mental Health Act (Amendment) Bill 1982-1983 |
| Date | 1982-1983 |
| Extent | 1 file (2 folders) |
| Description | Material relating to the British Psychological Society's response to the Mental Health Amendment Act
Includes copy of statutory instrument 1983 No 893 The Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Consent to Treatment) Regulations; .annotated 'Mental Health (Amendment) Bills [H.L] 9 March 1982, with notes on first drafts of clauses
Correspondence from Bernard Kat Chairman Division of Clinical Psychology, Hansard extracts from House of Lords debate (22 March 1982); annotated copy of BPS British Psychological Society evidence to Special Standing Committee on the Mental Health Amendment Bill (April 1982); call for Society oral evidence and Hansard report (27 April 1982); draft BPS evidence (April 1982); Kat's correspondence with Stan Thorne MP with proposed BPS amendments and copy of Hansard with Thorne moving amendments (May 1982); Black's correspondence with Nigel Spearing MP and William van Straubenzee MP
Black's correspondence with L J F Warnants (DHSS); proposed informal meeting with standing committee; copy of proposed changes sent to Kenneth Clarke, Minister for Health (June 1982); copy of Hansard Mental Health Amendment Bills Special Standing Committee 29 June 1982; further amendments proposed by BPS (October 1982); response to Committee of Enquiry at Wrexham Park Hospital, Slough; copy letter from Bernard Kat to M S Thomas MP; 'Examples of Psychological Treatments Outside Competence of Medical Profession to Apply or Evaluate (With Special Reference to Compulsorily Detained Patients); report by Black on progress of the bill [for Division of Clinical Psychology newsletter?]; list of MPs on the Committee for the Mental Health (Amendment) bill. Report by Bernard Kat on efforts made the the Society to amend the bills up until October 1982.
Request from DHSS to respond to draft order and regulations Mental Health Act Commission (March 1983) |
| Format | Textual Material |
| Notes | The History of Psychology Centre is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our users. Be aware that our catalogue contains historic terminology relating to mental health which could be considered offensive. The terminology exists within the original record and has been retained to inform users on viewpoints at the time. It in no way reflects the attitudes of the cataloguers or the British Psychological Society. |
| File of Tony Black, FBPsS, CPsychol, Head of Psychological Services, Broadmoor Hospital 1959-1986, member of the British Psychological Society Professional Affairs Board working party on the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill, Mental Health Act Commissioner 1986-1990 |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | BPS/001/11/04/03/04/08 Mental Health Act (Amendment) Act 1982-1986
BPS/001/11/04/03/04/08/02 Working Party on the Mental Health Act 1982-1984
BPS/001/11/04/03/04/08/03 Mental Health Act Code of Practice 1986
BPS/001/4/01/02/03 BPS Professional Affairs Board PAB Papers 1981-1982
AUD/002/OHP 49 Tony Black Oral History Interview
PHO/002/01/02 Tony Black Video Interview
AUD/002/OHP 131 Bernard Kat Oral History Interview
BPS/001/11/04/02 Lobbying and Briefings |
| RelatedRecord | BPS/001/11/04 |
| BPS/001/4/01/02/03 |
| AUD/002/OHP 49 |
| AUD/002/OHP 131 |
| BPS/001/11/04/03/04/08/02 |
| BPS/001/11/04/03/04/08/03 |
| BPS/001/11/04/02 |
| AccessConditions | Authorised Users. View by Appointment |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Location | 13: BPS History of Psychology Centre, London |
| Term | Public Relations |
| Legislation and Regulations |
| AdminHistory | The Mental Health Act 1983 was formally approved on 9 May 1983 and came into effect on 30 September that year. It brought into law 'sectioning' where by people with a diagnosed mental disorder could be detained and have their disorder assessed or treated against their wishes.
It was amended firstly in 1995, again in 2001 (via remedial order under the Human Rights Act 1998), and once more in 2007. |
| Copyright | Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of the History of Psychology Centre and Archives and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material |
| Rules | Description compiled in line with the following: ISAD (G) General International Standard Archival Description MAD3 Third Edition 2000 |
| ArchNote | Compiled by Mike Maskill BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |