# The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, Article 136: Amendments


Para. (1)—Amendments
(2) In any statutory provision for any reference to “idiot”, “imbecile”, “mental defective”, “mental defectiveness”, “mental deficiency” or any other cognate expression there shall be substituted a reference to “ person suffering from mental handicap ” or “ mental handicap ” or such other cognate expression as by virtue of any of the provisions of this Order the context may require.
(3) In any statutory provision for any reference to the committee of the estate of a person suffering from mental disorder there shall be substituted a reference to the controller for such a person appointed under Article 101.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/595/article/136 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-northern-ireland-order-1986/article-136
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