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SCHEDULE 12U.K. Minor and consequential amendments

The Mental Health Act 1983 (c.20)U.K.

21U.K.The Mental Health Act 1983 has effect subject to the following amendments.

22U.K.In section 134(3)(c) (no power to withhold correspondence between patients and ombudsmen), after “Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration,” insert “ the Welsh Administration Ombudsman, ”.

23U.K.In section 141 (members of House of Commons suffering from mental illness), at the end insert—

(9)This section also has effect in relation to members of the National Assembly for Wales but as if—

(a)references to the House of Commons were to the Assembly and references to the Speaker were to the presiding officer, and

(b)in subsection (7), for “defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament” there were substituted “paid by the National Assembly for Wales”.