http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/51

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 . . . F1

SCHEDULE 2 . . . F2

SCHEDULE 3 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Section 65(1).

PART I

1—26.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

M1The Army Act 1955

27

In section 116(7)—

(a)

for the words “detention in a hospital under observation (with or without other medical treatment)” there shall be substituted the words “ detention in a hospital for assessment (or for assessment followed by medical treatment) ”;

(b)

for the words “admission for observation” there shall be substituted the words “ admission for assessment ”.

M2The Air Force Act 1955

28

In section 116(7)—

(a)

(b)

for the words “admission for observation” there shall be substituted the words “ admission for assessment ”.

M3The Sexual Offences Act 1956

29

In section 45 for the words from “severe subnormality” onwards there shall be substituted the words “ a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind which includes severe impairment of intelligence and social functioning. ”

M4The Naval Discipline Act 1957

30

In section 71(6)—

(a)

(b)

for the words “admission for observation” there shall be substituted the words “ admission for assessment ”.

31

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

M5The Administration of Justice Act 1960

32

In section 5—

(a)

after subsection (4) there shall be inserted—

“(4A)
Where an order is made under the said subsection (1) in the case of a defendant who, but for the decision of the court below, would be liable to be detained in pursuance of an interim hospital order under section 31 of the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982, the order may, if the court thinks fit, be one authorising his continued detention in a hospital or mental nursing home and in that event—
(a)
subsection (3) of this section shall not apply to the order ;
(b)
Part V of the said Act of 1959 shall apply as if he had been ordered under this section to be detained in custody so long as any appeal under section 1 of this Act is pending and were detained in pursuance of a transfer direction together with a restriction direction ; and
(c)
if the defendant is detained by virtue of this subsection and the appeal to the prosecutor succeeds, subsection (2) of the said section 31 (power of court to make hospital order in the absence of an offender who is subject to an interim hospital order) shall apply as if the defendant were still subject to an interim hospital order.” ;

(b)

in subsection (5) for the words “subsection (3) or subsection (4)” there shall be substituted the words “ subsection (3), (4) or (4A) ”.

M6The Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964

33

In paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 for the words “an order restricting discharge” there shall be substituted the words “ a restriction order ”

M7The Sexual Offences Act 1967

34

In section 1—

(a)

in subsection (3) for the words “severe subnormality”, in both places, there shall be substituted the words “ severe mental handiicap ” and the words “within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1959” shall be omitted ;

(b)

after subsection (3) there shall be inserted—

“(3A)
In subsection (3) of this section “severe mental handicap” means a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind which includes severe impairment of intelligence and social functioning.”

M8The Criminal Justice Act 1967

35

In section 72—

(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(b)

in subsection (4) at the end of the definition of “convicted mental patient” there shall be inserted the words “ or a person liable to be detained under section 31 of the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982 ”.

M9The Criminal Appeal Act 1968

36

In section 8 after subsection (3) there shall be inserted—

“(3A)
If the person ordered to be retired was, immediately before the determination of his appeal, liable to be detained in pursuance of a remand under section 30 of the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982 or an interim hospital order under section 31 of that Act, the Court of Appeal may, if they think fit, order that he shall continue to be edtained in a hospital or mental nursing home, and in that event Part V of the Mental Health Act 1959 shall apply as if he had been ordered under this section to kept in custody pending his retrial and were detained in pursuance of a transfer direction together with a restriction direction.”

37

In section 11 after subsection (4) there shall be inserted—

“(5)
The fact that an appeal is pending against an interim hospital order under the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982 shall not affect the power of the court below to renew or terminate the order or to deal with the appellant on its termination ; and where the Court of Appeal quash such an order but do not pass any sentence or make any other order in its place the Court may direct the appellant to be kept in custody or released on bail pending his beng dealt with by the court below.
(6)
Where the Court of Appeal make an interim hospital order by virtue of subsection (3) of this section—
(a)
the power of renewing or terminating it and of dealing with the appellant on its termination shall be exercisable by the court below and not be the Court of Appeal ; and
(b)
the court below shall be treated for the purposes of section 31(8) of the said Act of 1982 (absconding offender) as the court that made the order.”

38

In section 14(2)—

(a)

(b)

for the words “admitted for observation” there shall be substituted the words “ admitted for assessment ”.

F1838. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

39

In section 37—

(a)

after subsection (4) there shall be inserted—

“(4A)
Where an order is made under this section in the case of a defendant who, but for the decision of the Court of Appeal, would be liable to be detained in pursuance of a remand under section 30 of the Mental Health (mendment) Act 1983 or an interim hospital order under section 31 of that Act, the order may, if the Court of Appeal thinks fit, be one authorising his continued detention in a hospital or mental nursing home and in that event—
(a)
subsection (3) of this section shall not apply to the order ;
(b)
Part V of the said Act of 1959 shall apply to him as if he had been ordered under this section to be detained in csutody so llong as an appeal to the House of Lords is pending and were detained in pursuance of a transfer direction together with a restriction direction ; and
(c)
if the defendant, having been subject to an interim hospital order, is detained by virtue of this subsection and the appeal by the prosecutor succeeds, subsection (2) of the said section 31 (power of court to make hospital order in the absence of an offender who is subject to an interim hospital order) shall apply as if the defendant were still subject to an interim hospital order.” ;

(b)

in subsection (5) for the words “subsection (3) or (4)” there shall be substituted the words “ subsection (3), (4) or (4A) ”.

40

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

41

In Schedule 1—

(a)

in paragraph 2 for the words “an order restricting discharge” there shall be substituted the words “ a restriction order ” ;

(b)

in paragraph 3 for the word “observation” there shall be substituted the word “ assessment ”.

42

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

M10The Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968

43

In section 23—

(a)

in subsection (2)(a) for the words “detention in a hospital under observation (with or without other medical treatment)” there shall be substituted the words “ detention in a hospital for assessment (or for assessment followed by medical treatment) ” ;

(b)

in subsection (3) for the words “admission for observation” there shall be substituted the words “ admission for assessment ”.

M11The Children and Young Persons Act 1969

44

In section 2(10) for the words “the court may make an interim order in respect of him” there shall be substituted the words“the court may make—

(a)
an interim order ; or
(b)
an interim hospital order within the meaning of section 31 of the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982,
in respect of him ; but an order shall not be made in respect of the relevant infant in pursuance of paragraph (b) of this subsection unless the conditions which, under the said section 31, are required to be satisfied for the making of an interim hospital order in respect of a person convicted as mentioned in that section are satisfied on his case so far as they are applicable ”.

45

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

M12The Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1973

46

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

47

In section 18(1)(c) for the words “an order restricting his discharge” there shall be substituted the words “ a restriction order ”.

M13The Juries Act 1974

F1048

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

M14The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

49

In section 5(7) for the words “an order restricting discharge” there shall be substituted the words “ a restriction order ”.

M15The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975

50

In section 13—

(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

(b)

51

In section 322—

(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

(b)

in subsection (4) at the end of the definition of “convicted mental patient” there shall be inserted the words “ , or a person liable to be detained under section 31 of the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982 ”.

52—54.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

M16The National Health Service Act 1977

55

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

56

In section 105(1) for the word “observation” there shall be substituted the word “ assessment ”.

57, 58.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15

M17The Contempt of Court Act 1981

59

In section 14(4)—

(a)

after “1959” there shall be inserted the words “ or an interim hospital order under section 31 of the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982 ” ;

(b)

for the words “severe subnormality” there shall be substituted the words “ severe mental impairment ”.

60

After section 14(4) there shall be inserted—

“(4A)
Each of the superior courts shall have the like power to make an order under section 29 of the said Act of 1982 (remand for report on accused’s mental condition) where there is reason to suspect that a person who could be committed to prison for contempt of court is suffering from mental illness or severe mental impairment as the Crown Court has under that section in the case of an accused person within the meaning of that section.”

M18The Supreme Court Act 1981

61

In section 48—

(a)

in subsection (6)(a) for the words “an order restricting discharge” there shall be substituted the words “ a restriction order, and an interim hospital order under the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982 ” ;

(b)

after subsection (6) there shall be inserted—

“(7)
The fact that an appeal is pending against an interim hospital order under the said Act of 1982 shall not affect the power of the magistrates’ court that made it to renew or terminate the order or to deal with the appellant on its termination ; and where the Crown Court quashes such an order but does not pass any sentence or make any other order in its place the Court may direct the appellant to be kept in custody or released on bail pending his being dealt with by that magistrates’ court.
(8)
Where the Crown Court makes an interim hospital order by virtue of subsection (2)—
(a)
the power of renewing or terminating the order and of dealing with the appellant on its termination shall be exercisable by the magistrates’ court whose decision is appealed against and not by the Crown Court ; and
(b)
that magistrates’ court shall be treated for the purposes of section 31(8) of the said Act of 1982 (absconding offenders) as the court that made the order.”

M19The Armed Forces Act 1981

62

In section 1391), (2)(a) and (6)(c) for the word “observation” there shall be substituted the word “ assessment ”.

PART II . . . F16

SCHEDULE 4 REPEALS

Section 65(2).

PART I

Chapter	Short title	Extent of repeal
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72.	The Mental Health Act 1959.	Section 26(5).
		In section 31(4) the words “or with the day on which he attains the age of sixteen years, whichever is the later”.
		In section 34(5) the words “or on the day on which he attains the age of sixteen years, whichever is the later”.
		Section 36.
		In section 38(2) the words “who has attained the age of sixteen years”.
		In section 41(5) the words “having attained the age of sixteen years”.
		In section 43(6) the words “who has attained the age of sixteen years”.
		Section 44.
		In section 45, in subsection (2) the words “or subsection (2) of section forty-four” and in subsection (3) the words “or section forty-four”.
		Section 48(1).
		Section 62(2) to (4).
		In section 63, in subsection (3), paragraph (b) together with the word “and” preceding it and in subsection (4) the words “admitted to hospital in pursuance of a hospital order, or” and “or with the day on which he attains the age of sixteen years, whichever is the later”.
		Section 66(6) to (8).
		In section 75(1)(b) the words “or authorise” and “to exercise”.
		Sections 77 and 78.
		In section 103, in subsection (1)(d) and (dd) the words from “so however” onwards and in subsection (3) the words from the beginning to “and” where it first occurs.
		Section 103A(5).
		Section 131(2).
		Section 134.
		Section 137(6).
		Section 144(2).
		Section 146.
		In section 147, in subsection (1), the definitions of “direction restricting discharge” and “order restricting discharge”, and subsection (5).
		In section 152 the words “section one hundred and forty-six”.
		In Schedule 3, the entries relating to section 36.
		In Schedule 7, in Part II, the entry relating to the Representation of the People Act 1949.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 61.	The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960.	In Schedule 4, the entry relating to the Representation of the People Act 1949.
1961 c. 15 (N.I.).	The Mental Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1961.	In Schedule 5, paragraph 5.
1967 c. 60.	The Sexual Offences Act 1967.	In section 1(3) the words “within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1959”.
1968 c. 19.	The Criminal Appeal Act 1968.	In Schedule 3, paragraph 1.
1969 c. 48.	The Post Office Act 1969.	In Schedule 4, paragraph 66.
1969 c. 54.	The Children and Young Persons Act 1969.	In Schedule 5, paragraph 41.
1971 c. 23.	The Courts Act 1971.	In Schedule 8, in paragraph 38, the figures “73(2)(c)”, “77(1)” and “73(2)(b)”.
1975 c. 29.	The Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1975.	The whole Act.
1977 c. 49.	The National Health Service Act 1977.	In Schedule 14, in paragraph 13(1)(b) the figure “95”.
		In Schedule 15, paragraph 33(a).
1980 c. 43.	The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.	In Schedule 7, paragraphs 33 and 34.
1980 c. 53.	The Health Services Act 1980.	In Schedule 1, paragraph 13(8).
1981 c. 54.	The Supreme Court Act 1981.	In Schedule 5, paragraph 1 of the entry relating to the Mental Health Act 1959 and the entry relating to the Courts Act 1971.

PART II

Chapter	Short title	Extent of repeal
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72.	The Mental Health Act 1959.	In section 147(1) the definition of “mental welfare officer”.
1982 c. 51.	The Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982.	Section 64(5).

SCHEDULE 5 Transitional Provisions and Savings

Section 69(6).

Definition of mental disorder

1

Sections 1 and 2 of this Act, and the amendments in Schedule 3 which are consequential on those sections, do not affect the authority for the detention or guardianship of a person who is liable to be detained or subject to guardianship under the principal Act immediately before the date on which those sections come into force but apply to any renewal of that authority on or after that date.

2—15.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17