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The Mental Health Review Tribunal (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2010

S.R. 2010/76 · Made 10 March 2010

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Mental Health

Made 10th March 2010

Coming into operation 1st April 2010

To be laid before Parliament

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 83(1) and 83(4) of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986f1 after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments to the Mental Health Review Tribunal (Northern Ireland) Rules 1986
  3. 3Amendments to the Mental Health Review Tribunal (Northern Ireland) Rules 1986
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

These Rules may be cited as the Mental Health Review Tribunal (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2010.

2Amendments to the Mental Health Review Tribunal (Northern Ireland) Rules 1986

The Mental Health Review Tribunal (Northern Ireland) Rules 1986f1 shall be amended as follows.

3Amendments to the Mental Health Review Tribunal (Northern Ireland) Rules 1986

In rule 8(3) for “the Lord Chancellor” substitute “the chairman after consulting the Lord Chancellor”.

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

Michael Wills

Minister of State

Ministry of Justice

Dated 10th March 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules amend the Mental Health Review Tribunal (Northern Ireland) Rules 1986 ( SR 1986/193) so as to allow the chairman of the Mental Health Review Tribunal to approve legal members to serve as president of the tribunal for the consideration of applications relating to restricted patients after consulting the Lord Chancellor.