The Mental Health Review Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 1996

Amendment of rule 2 of the principal Rules

2.  Paragraph (1) of rule 2 (interpretation) shall be amended by—

(a) inserting in the definition of “decision with recommendations” the words “or (3A)(a)”(1) after the words “section 72(3)(a)”;

(b) inserting after the definition of “health authority” the following definition—

““National Health Service trust” means a body established under section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(2)”;

(c) inserting in the definition of “responsible authority” after sub-paragraph (b), the word “and” and a new sub-paragraph—

“(c) in relation to a patient subject to after-care under supervision, the Health Authority which has the duty under section 117 of the Act to provide after-care services for the patient.”;

(d) inserting in the definition of “tribunal” after the word “guardianship” the words “or is (or is to be) subject to after-care under supervision”.

(1)

Subsection (3A) of section 72 was inserted in the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20) (“the Act”) by paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 1 to the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995 c. 52 (“the 1995 Act”).

(2)

1990 c. 19.