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          <Strong>PART 14</Strong>
        </Number><Title>MISCELLANEOUS</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/part/14/crossheading/the-review-tribunal" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2016/18/part/14/crossheading/the-review-tribunal" NumberOfProvisions="2" id="part-14-crossheading-the-review-tribunal" RestrictStartDate="2019-12-02"><Title><Emphasis>The Review Tribunal</Emphasis></Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2019-12-02"><Title>Renaming of Mental Health Review Tribunal</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/274" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2016/18/section/274" id="section-274"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><CommentaryRef Ref="key-ac5ca7544622330927280937409802fd"/>274</Pnumber><P1para><Text>The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Northern Ireland constituted under Article 70 of the Mental Health Order is renamed the Review Tribunal.</Text></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-ac5ca7544622330927280937409802fd" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="section-274" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2016/18/section/274" id="coimzf1y3-00247">S. 274</CitationSubRef> in operation at 2.12.2019  by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2019/163" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="2019" Number="163" Title="The Mental Capacity (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019" id="coimzf1y3-00248">S.R. 2019/163</Citation>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-2-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2019/163/article/2/2" CitationRef="coimzf1y3-00248" id="coimzf1y3-00249">art. 2(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="schedule-part-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2019/163/schedule/part/2" CitationRef="coimzf1y3-00248" Operative="true" id="coimzf1y3-00250">Sch. Pt. 2</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2019/163/article/3" CitationRef="coimzf1y3-00248" id="coimzf1y3-00251">art. 3</CitationSubRef>) (as amended by <Citation Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="2019" Number="190" id="coimzf1y3-00252">S.R. 2019/190</Citation>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-2" id="coimzf1y3-00253">art. 2</CitationSubRef>)</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>