Article 3 Mental Health Act 1983

Section 26(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (Definition of “relative” and “nearest relative”) shall be amended by the substitution, for the words “his mother”, of the following—

“(a)

his mother, and

(b)

if his father has parental responsibility for him within the meaning of section 3 of the Children Act 1989, his father.”.