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In section 23 (discharge of patients)—
in subsection (3), for the words from “Regional” to the end substitute “, Health Authority or Special Health Authority, by that National Health Service trust, Health Authority or Special Health Authority.”, and
in subsection (5)(a), for—
“a District or Special Health Authority”, and
“such an authority”,
substitute “a Health Authority or Special Health Authority”.
In section 24 (visiting and examination of patients), in subsection (3)—
for “Regional Health Authority, District Health Authority National Health Service trust or special health authority” substitute “Health Authority, Special Health Authority or National Health Service trust”, and
for “authority or trust” substitute “Health Authority, Special Health Authority or National Health Service trust”.
In section 32 (regulations), in subsection (3), for “Regional Health Authorities, District Health Authorities National Health Service trusts or special health authorities” substitute “Health Authorities, Special Health Authorities or National Health Service trusts”.
In section 39 (information as to hospitals)—
in subsection (1)—
for “Regional Health Authority” (in both places) substitute “Health Authority”,
for “the region” substitute “the area”,
for “that Authority has” substitute “that Health Authority have”,
for “its region” substitute “their area”, and
for “that Authority shall” substitute “that Health Authority shall”, and
omit subsection (2).
There shall be tribunals, known as Mental Health Review Tribunals, for the purpose of dealing with applications and references by and in respect of patients under the provisions of this Act. There shall be— one tribunal for each region of England, and one tribunal for Wales. The Secretary of State— shall by order determine regions for the purpose of subsection (1A)(a) above; and may by order vary a region determined for that purpose; and the Secretary of State shall act under this subsection so as to secure that the regions together comprise the whole of England. Any order made under subsection (1B) above may make such transitional, consequential, incidental or supplemental provision as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
In this Part of this Act any reference to the area of a tribunal is— in relation to a tribunal for a region of England, a reference to that region; and in relation to the tribunal for Wales, a reference to Wales.
In section 117 (after-care)—
in subsection (2), for “District Health Authority” (in both places) substitute “Health Authority”, and
in subsection (3), for the words from “section” to “for the area” substitute “section “the Health Authority” means the Health Authority, and “the local social services authority” means the local social services authority, for the area”.
In section 121 (Mental Health Act Commission)—
in subsection (1), for “special health authority” substitute “Special Health Authority”, and
in subsection (11), for “health authorities” substitute “Special Health Authorities”.
In section 134 (correspondence of patients), in subsection (3)(e), for “health authority within the meaning of the
In section 139 (protection for acts done in pursuance of that Act), in subsection (4), for “health authority within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1977” substitute “Health Authority or Special Health Authority”.
In section 140 (notification of hospitals having arrangements for reception of urgent cases)—
for “Regional Health Authority and in Wales every District Health Authority” substitute “Health Authority”,
for “region or district, as the case may be, of the Authority” substitute “Health Authority’s area”, and
for “to the Authority” substitute “to the Health Authority”.
In section 143 (regulations, orders and rules), in subsection (2), after “54A” insert “or 65”.
In section 145 (interpretation), in subsection (1)—
“Health Authority” means a Health Authority established under section 8 of the
in paragraph (a) of the definition of “the managers”, for “District Health Authority or special health authority” substitute “Health Authority or Special Health Authority”, and
“Special Health Authority” means a Special Health Authority established under section 11 of the National Health Service Act 1977;