{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983/schedule-2/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/20",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales shall consist of—\n(a) a number of persons (referred to in this Schedule as “the legal members”) appointed by the Lord Chancellor and having such legal experience as the Lord Chancellor considers suitable;\n(b) a number of persons (referred to in this Schedule as “the medical members”) being registered medical practitioners appointed by the Lord Chancellor ... ; and\n(c) a number of persons appointed by the Lord Chancellor . . . and having such experience in administration, such knowledge of social services or such other qualifications or experience as the Lord Chancellor considers suitable.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(b), “registered medical practitioner” means a fully registered person within the meaning of the Medical Act 1983 (whether or not that person holds a licence to practise under that Act).\n(3) If, before the coming into force of sub-paragraph (2), a person appointed as a medical member under this paragraph did not hold a licence to practise under the Medical Act 1983 (whether at the time of appointment or at any other time), that fact does not affect the validity of—\n(a) the person’s appointment to the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales, or\n(b) the person’s membership of that tribunal during that period.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 1 renumbered as Sch. 2 para. 1(1) (22.1.2026) by Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Membership) Act 2026 (asc 1), ss. 1(2), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 1 substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. 3 para. 67(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(b)(c) repealed (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 146, 148, Sch. 4 para. 158(2), Sch. 18 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 10, 11(q), 29, 30(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(3) inserted (22.1.2026) by Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Membership) Act 2026 (asc 1), ss. 1(3), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 1(b)(c): Functions of the Lord Chancellor, so far as they are exercisable by him in relation to Wales, to be exercised only with the agreement of or after the consultation with the Assembly of Wales (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 5, Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/20/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:09:24.002453+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}