Health Act 1999 (c. 8)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 U.K. Amendments of enactments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 4: transfer of functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1 (as inserted (30.6.1999) by 1999 c. 8, ss. 66(4)(5)(c), 67(4))

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

65 U.K. The Mental Health Act 1983 is amended as follows.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 para. 65 partly in force; Sch. 4 para. 65 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 67(1); Sch. 4 para. 65 in force for E.W. at 1.4.2000 by S.I. 1999/2793, art. 2(3)(a), Sch. 3

66 U.K. In section 122(1) (provision of pocket money for in-patients in hospital), “special hospitals or other hospitals being” is omitted.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 4 para. 66 partly in force; Sch. 4 para. 66 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 67(1); Sch. 4 para. 66 in force for E.W. at 1.4.2000 by S.I. 1999/2793, art. 2(3)(a), Sch. 3

67 U.K. In section 123 (transfers to and from special hospitals)—

(a) in subsection (1), “in a special hospital” is omitted, after “above)” there is inserted “ in a hospital at which high security psychiatric services are provided ” and for “other special hospital” there is substituted “ other hospital at which those services are provided ”,

(b) in subsection (2), for “which is not a special hospital” there is substituted “ at which those services are not provided ”.

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 4 para. 67 wholly in force for E.W. at 1.4.2000, see s. 67(1) and S.I. 1999/2793, art. 2(3)(a), Sch. 3

68 U.K. In section 134 (correspondence of patients)—

(a) in subsection (1)(b), for “a special hospital” there is substituted “ one at which high security psychiatric services are provided ”,

(b) in subsection (2), for “in a special hospital under this Act” there is substituted “ under this Act in a hospital at which high security psychiatric services are provided ”.

Commencement Information

I4 Sch. 4 para. 68 wholly in force for E.W. at 1.4.2000, see s. 67(1) and S.I. 1999/2793, art. 2(3)(a), Sch. 3

69 (1) Section 145 (interpretation) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) after the definition of “Health Authority” there is inserted—

““high security psychiatric services” has the same meaning as in the M1 National Health Service Act 1977,”,

(b) the definition of “special hospital” is omitted.

(3) After that subsection there is inserted—

“(1AA) Where high security psychiatric services and other services are provided at a hospital, the part of the hospital at which high security psychiatric services are provided and the other part shall be treated as separate hospitals for the purposes of this Act.”

Commencement Information

I5 Sch. 4 para. 69 wholly in force for E.W. at 1.4.2000, see s. 67(1) and S.I. 1999/2793, art. 2(3)(a), Sch. 3

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1977 c.49.