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Paragraph 69 Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984I1

United Kingdom

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

In paragraph 5 of the Schedule to the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984 (operation of mental health legislation in relation to the prisoner)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (2) for “a Mental Health Review Tribunal” substitute “the appropriate tribunal”; and

(b)

after that sub-paragraph insert—

“(2A)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) above “the appropriate tribunal” means—

(a)

the First-tier Tribunal, in any case where the prisoner is detained in England;

(b)

the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales, in any case where the prisoner is detained in Wales; and

(c)

the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Northern Ireland, in any case where the prisoner is detained in Northern Ireland.”

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Sch. 3 para. 69 in force at 3.11.2008, see art. 1(1)