Mental Health Act 1983

6E+WSubject to any rules made by the Lord Chancellor under section 78(4)(a) above, where the [F1President] of the tribunal is included among the persons appointed under paragraph 4 above, he shall be [F2chairman] of the tribunal; and in any other case the [F2chairman] of the tribunal shall be such one of the members so appointed (being one of the legal members) as the [F1President] may nominate.

Textual Amendments

F1Word in Sch. 2 para. 6 substituted (1.12.2017) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 38(9)(a), 56(1); S.I. 2017/1038, art. 2

F2Word in Sch. 2 para. 6 substituted (1.12.2017) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 38(9)(b), 56(1); S.I. 2017/1038, art. 2 (with art. 4)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Sch. 2 para. 6 excluded (temp.) (27.3.2020 at 9.00 a.m.) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 87(2), Sch. 8 para. 11(1)(4) (with ss. 88-90, Sch. 8 paras. 2, 17); S.I. 2020/366, reg. 2 (which affecting provision expires (25.3.2022) by virtue of Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 89)