Amendments of the Criminal Justice Act 2003
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14. In section 207 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (mental health treatment requirement)(1)—
(a)in subsection (2)(a)—
(i)for “an independent hospital or” substitute “a”, and
(ii)after “Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14)” insert “, an independent hospital”; and
(b)after subsection (4) insert—
“(4A) In subsection (2) “independent hospital”—
(a)in relation to England, means a hospital as defined by section 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006 that is not a health service hospital as defined by that section; and
(b)in relation to Wales, has the same meaning as in the Care Standards Act 2000.”.
(1)