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Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982
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60Protection for acts done in pursuance of the principal Act and this Act
(1)Section 141 of the principal Act (protection for acts done in pursuance of that Act) shall be amended as follows.
(2)For subsection (2) there shall be substituted—
“(2)No civil proceedings shall be brought against any person in any court in respect of any such act without the leave of the High Court; and no criminal proceedings shall be brought against any person in any court in respect of any such act except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.”
(3)In subsection (3) for the words "any provision of this Act" there shall be substituted the words " any other provision of this Act ".
(4)After subsection (3) there shall be inserted—
“(3A)This section does not apply to proceedings against the Secretary of State or against a health authority within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1977.”
(5)For subsection (4) there shall be substituted—
“(4)In relation to Northern Ireland the reference in this section to the Director of Public Prosecutions shall be construed as a reference to the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.”
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