Article 2 Amendment of rule 2 of the principal Rules
Paragraph (1) of rule 2 (interpretation) shall be amended by—
inserting in the definition of “decision with recommendations” the words “or (3A)(a)”f1 after the words “section 72(3)(a)”;
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 ”;
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.”;
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
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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”).
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