SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8 Amendments of enactments

Part II Other amendments

Mental Health Act 1983 (c.20)

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(1)

Section 134 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (correspondence of patients) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1) for “the Post Office” there shall be substituted “ the postal operator concerned ”.

(3)

In subsection (9)—

(a)

after “this Act” there shall be inserted “ and “postal operator” and ”,

(b)

for “has”, where it appears for the second time, there shall be substituted “ have ”, and

(c)

for “the Post Office Act 1953” there shall be substituted “ the Postal Services Act 2000 ”.