Mental Health Act 1983
10.—(1) The Mental Health Act 1983(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 134 (correspondence of patients), in subsection (3)(e)(2), before “Health Authority” there is inserted “Strategic Health Authority,”.
(3) In section 139 (protection for acts done in pursuance of this Act)(3), in subsection (4), before “Health Authority” there is inserted “Strategic Health Authority,”.
(4) In section 145 (interpretation), in subsection (1)—
(a)in paragraph (a) of the definition of “the managers”(4), after “Primary Care Trust” there is inserted “Strategic Health Authority,”; and
(b)before the definition of “supervision application”(5) there is inserted—
““Strategic Health Authority” means a Strategic Health Authority established under section 8 of the National Health Service Act 1977;”.
Section 134(3)(e) was amended by the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 107(10), the 2000 Order, Schedule 1, paragraph 16(7), the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43), Schedule 7, paragraph 74 and the 2002 Act, section 19(6) (not yet in force).
Section 139(4) was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 24(7), the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 107(11), and the 2000 Order, Schedule 1, paragraph 16(8).
Paragraph (a) was amended by the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 107(14)(b), and by paragraph 49 of Schedule 2 to the 2002 Act.
The definition of “supervision application” was inserted by the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995