5(1)The Mental Health Act 1983 shall be amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In section 134(3)(a) (correspondence of patients), after “Parliament” insert “ or of the Northern Ireland Assembly ”.
(3)In section 141 (members of the House of Commons suffering from mental illness), after subsection (9) insert—
“(10)This section also has effect in relation to members of the Northern Ireland Assembly but as if—
(a)references to the House of Commons were to the Assembly and references to the Speaker were to the Presiding Officer; and
(b)in subsection (7), for “provided by Parliament” there were substituted “appropriated by Act of the Assembly”.”