The Mental Health Review Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 1996

Amendment of rule 6 of the principal Rules

4.  In rule 6 (statements by the responsible authority and the Secretary of State) after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(3A) Where the patient is (or is to be) subject to after-care under supervision paragraph (1) shall not apply and the responsible authority shall send a statement to the tribunal as soon as practicable, and in any case within 3 weeks of the responsible authority’s receipt of the notice of application, and this statement shall contain—

(a) the information specified in Part E of Schedule 1 to these Rules, in so far as it is within the knowledge of the responsible authority;

(b) the reports specified in Part F of that Schedule;

(c) the details of the after-care services being (or to be) provided under section 117 of the Act; and

(d) details of any requirements imposed (or to be imposed) on the patient under section 25D of the Act(1);

and shall be accompanied by copies of the documents specified in paragraph 3 of Part E of that Schedule.”.

(1)

Section 25D was inserted in the Act by section 1(1) of the 1995 Act.