SCHEDULE 1CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS COMING INTO FORCE ON 8th FEBRUARY 2000
Mental Health Act 1983
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The Mental Health Act 198331 is amended as follows.
2
In section 12 (general provisions as to medical recommendations), in subsection (3)32, for “65 or 66” there is substituted “18A(4), 65 or 66”.
3
In section 19 (regulations as to transfer of patients)33, in subsection (3), after “National Health Service trust”, in both places the words appear, there is inserted “or Primary Care Trust”.
4
In section 23 (discharge of patients)34–
a
in subsection (3), for “Health Authority or Special Health Authority ”, in each place the words appear, there is substituted “Health Authority, Special Health Authority or Primary Care Trust”;
b
in subsection (5)(a)–
i
for “Health Authority or Special Health Authority”, in each place the words appear, there is substituted “Health Authority, Special Health Authority or Primary Care Trust”;
ii
after “authority”, in the first and third places the word appears, there is inserted “or trust”; and
iii
after “authority”, in the second place the word appears, there is inserted “, trust”.
5
In section 24 (visiting and examination of patients)35, in subsection (3), after “Special Health Authority”, in both places the words appear, there is inserted “, Primary Care Trust”.
6
In section 32 (regulations for purposes of Part II)36, in subsection (3), after “Special Health Authorities” there is inserted “ , Primary Care Trusts”.
7
In section 134 (correspondence of patients), in subsection (3)(e)37, for “or Special Health Authority” there is substituted “, Special Health Authority or Primary Care Trust”.
8
In section 139 (protection for acts done in pursuance of this Act), in subsection (4)38, for “or Special Health Authority” there is inserted “, Special Health Authority or Primary Care Trust”.
9
In section 145 (interpretation), in subsection (1)–
a
in the definition of “the managers”, in paragraph (bb)39, after “vested in” there is inserted “a Primary Care Trust or”;
b
after the definition of “patient” there is inserted–
“Primary Care Trust” means a Primary Care Trust established under section 16A of the National Health Service Act 1977;