Article 7 Amendment of rule 9 of the principal Rules

Rule 9 (powers to postpone consideration of an application) shall be amended by—

(a)

the insertion in paragraph (3)(a) after the words “section 66(1)(d)” of the words “or (gb)^f1”;

(b)

in paragraph (3)(b)—

(i)

the insertion after the word “months” of the words “or an application under section 66(1)(gc)^f2 of the Act in respect of a report furnished under section 25G(3)^f3 concerning renewal of after-care under supervision”; and

(ii)

the substitution for the words “or reception into guardianship” of the words “, reception into guardianship or becoming subject to after-care under supervision”;

(c)

in paragraph (3)(d) the insertion after the word “guardianship” of the words “or his being (or being about to be) subject to after-care under supervision”;

(d)

in paragraph (7)—

(i)

the insertion after the word “guardianship” on the first occasion it appears, of the words “or his being (or being about to be) subject to after-care under supervision”; and

(ii)

the addition after sub-paragraph (d) of the following sub-paragraph—

“(e)

on his ceasing to be subject to after-care under supervision on his reception into guardianship in accordance with section 25H(5)(b)^f4.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 117 was amended by paragraph 107(8) of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) and by paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act.
f2: Section 25D was inserted in the Act by section 1(1) of the 1995 Act.
f3: Section 25G was inserted in the Act by section 1(1) the 1995 Act.
f4: Section 25F was inserted in the Act by section 1(1) of the 1995 Act.