SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Categories of mental disorder: further amendments etc

Part 1Amendments to 1983 Act

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In section 37 (power to order hospital admission or guardianship)—

a

in subsection (2)(a), for “mental illness, psychopathic disorder, severe mental impairment or mental impairment” substitute “ mental disorder ”, and

b

in subsection (3), omit the words “as being a person suffering from mental illness or severe mental impairment”.