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Article 2 Amendment of rule 2 of the principal Rules

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

Paragraph (1) of rule 2 (interpretation) shall be amended by—

(a)

inserting in the definition of “decision with recommendations” the words “or (3A)(a)”f1 after the words “section 72(3)(a)”;

(b)

inserting after the definition of “health authority” the following definition—

  • ““National Health Service trust” means a body established under section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990f2 ”;

(c)

inserting in the definition of “responsible authority” after sub-paragraph (b), the word “and” and a new sub-paragraph—

“(c)

in relation to a patient subject to after-care under supervision, the Health Authority which has the duty under section 117 of the Act to provide after-care services for the patient.”;

(d)

inserting in the definition of “tribunal” after the word “guardianship” the words “or is (or is to be) subject to after-care under supervision”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

Subsection (3A) of section 72 was inserted in the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20) (“the Act”) by paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 1 to the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995 c. 52 (“the 1995 Act”).

f2

1990 c. 19.