The Mental Health Review Tribunals (Regions) Order 1998

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Mental Health Review Tribunals (Regions) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st August 1998.

(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Mental Health Act 1983.

Determination of Regions

2.  Each of the regions described in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order is hereby determined as a region for the purposes of section 65(1A)(a) of the Act (regions of England for which there are to be Mental Health Review Tribunals) and shall be known by the name specified in relation to it in column (1) of that Schedule.

Transitional provision

3.—(1) In this article—

“former region” means a region determined in accordance with the Mental Health Review Tribunals (Regions) Order 1996(1) and in existence immediately before 1st August 1998;

“new region” means a region determined by article 2 of this Order;

“relevant new region” means—

(a)

in relation to the former regions Anglia and Oxford Region and North Thames Region, the new North London and East Region,

(b)

in relation to the former regions Northern and Yorkshire Region and Trent Region, the new Trent and Northern and Yorkshire Region,

(c)

in relation to the former regions South and West Region and South Thames Region, the new South London and South and West Region, and

(d)

in relation to the former regions North West Region and West Midlands Region, the new West Midlands and North West Region; and

“Tribunal” means a Mental Health Review Tribunal.

(2) Anything done by or in relation to, or any application or reference made to or in relation to, or any direction, authorisation or notice given by or in relation to, the Tribunal for a former region before 1st August 1998 is deemed to have been done by or in relation to, or made to or in relation to, or given by or in relation to, the Tribunal for the relevant new region.

(3) Any person who, immediately before 1st August 1998, was a member of a Tribunal for a former region is deemed to have been appointed to be a member of the Tribunal for the relevant new region and any reference in the instrument under which he was appointed to a Tribunal for a former region is deemed to be a reference to the Tribunal for the relevant new region.

Revocation

4.  The Mental Health Review Tribunals (Regions) Order 1996(2) is hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Paul Boateng

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Health

12th June 1998