# The Mental Health Review Tribunals (Regions) Order 1996, Article 4: Transitional provision


(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this article, each Tribunal which was, immediately before the coming into force of this Order, in existence for a former region, shall continue to exist and shall be the Tribunal for the new region which is, in relation to that former region, the relevant new region.
(2) Any application or reference made to a Tribunal for a former region under Part V of the Act before 1st April 1996 but not determined before that date shall be determined by the Tribunal for the relevant new region even if, had the application been made on or after 1st April 1996, it would have been made to a different Tribunal.
(3) In this article—
“former region” means a region for which, immediately before 1st April 1996, a Regional Health Authority was established in pursuance of the National Health Service Act 1977 as then in force;
“new region” means, a region determined by article 2 of this Order;
“relevant new region” means, in relation to a former region, the new region which has the same name as that former region;
“Tribunal” means a Mental Health Review Tribunal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/510/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-review-tribunals-regions-order-1996/article-4
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