SCHEDULE 7Transitional and Saving Provisions, and Interpretation of other Acts
PART ITransitional and Saving Provisions
M1Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982
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Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 4(3) of the M2Representation of the People Act 1949, that subsection shall continue to have effect instead of section 7 of this Act until the coming into force (on 1st April 1983) of section 62 of and Schedule 2 (electoral registration and voting in case of voluntary mental patients) to the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982; and the following provisions of this Act shall not have effect until that coming into force—
(a)
sections 5(3) and 7 ;
(b)
section 19(1) and (4), 32(1), 33(2) and 62(1) to the extent that they provide for or refer to a patient's declaration under section 7 ;
(c)
paragraph 27 of Schedule 8 ; and
(d)
Part II of Schedule 9 to the extent that it repeals certain provisions of the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982.