ABSTRACT
The MHA 2007 was given Royal Assent in June 2007 and was implemented between 2007 and October 2008. Essentially, the MHA 2007 represents another building block on the MHA of 1959; nevertheless, the MHA 2007 introduced signifi cant reforms to the MHA 1983 and also amended the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005, many provisions of which we have already considered. One of the most signifi cant reforms of the MHA 2007 was that it amended the MCA 2005 to introduce new provisions relating to the deprivation of liberty, which came into force in 2009.
