(1)Section 33 of the principal Act (application for guardianship) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1) for the words " A patient may be received into guardianship" there shall be substituted the words " A patient who has attained the age of sixteen years may be received into guardianship ".
(3)In subsection (2)(a) (guardianship application on grounds of mental disorder, being, in the case of a patient of any age, mental illness or severe subnormality or, in the case of a patient under the age of twenty-one years, psychopathic disorder or sub-normality) for sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) there shall be substituted the words " mental illness, severe mental impairment, psychopathic disorder or mental impairment ".
(4)In subsection (2)(b) (guardianship necessary in the interests of the patient) for the words " the interests of the patient" there shall be substituted the words " the interests of the welfare of the patient ".