SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Amendments relating to NHS foundation trusts
The Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)
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The Mental Health Act 1983 is amended as follows.
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I252
In section 19 (regulations as to transfer of patients), in subsection (3), after “National Health Service trust”
(in both places) there is inserted “
, NHS foundation trust
”
.
I353
In section 23 (discharge of patients)—
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b
in subsection (4), after “trust”
(in the first place it occurs) there is inserted “
(other than an NHS foundation trust)
”
,
c
after subsection (5), there is inserted—
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The powers conferred by this section on any NHS foundation trust may be exercised by any three or more non-executive directors of the board of the trust authorised by the board in that behalf.
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I455
In section 32 (regulations for purposes of Part 2), in subsection (3), for “or National Health Service trusts” there is substituted “
, National Health Service trusts or NHS foundation trusts
”
.
I556
In section 139 (protection for acts done in pursuance of this Act), in subsection (4), at the end there is inserted “
or NHS foundation trust
”
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I657
In section 145 (interpretation), in subsection (1), after paragraph (bb) of the definition of “the managers” there is inserted—
bc
in relation to a hospital vested in an NHS foundation trust, the trust;