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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Schedule 2:

  • Sch. 2 para. 5 words substituted by 2007 c. 12 s. 38(8)(a) (This amendment is not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 38(8) repealed (3.11.2008) without ever being in force by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 228(p))
  • Sch. 2 para. 5 words substituted by 2007 c. 12 s. 38(8)(b) (This amendment is not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 38(8) repealed (3.11.2008) without ever being in force by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 228(p))

Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:

  • Act applied by 1996 c. 46 Sch. 2 para. 9(replacing1968 c 20 s. 23) (Act applied (prosp.) by 1968 c. 20, s. 23(4) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2, para. 9 which said amending provision was repealed (31.3.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 58(2), 60, Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(h)(i)(ix)))
  • Act applied by 1996 c. 46 Sch. 2 para. 4(replacing1957 c 53 s. 63) (Act applied (prosp.) by 1957 c. 53, s. 63C(6) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2, para. 4 which said amending provision was repealed (31.3.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 58(2), 60, Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(h)(i)(ix)))
  • Act applied by 1996 c. 46 Sch. 2 para. 1(replacing1955 c 19 s. 116) (Act applied (prosp.) by 1955 c. 19, s. 116C(6) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2 para. 1 which said amending provision was repealed (31.3.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 58(2), 60, Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(h)(i)(ix))
  • Act applied by 1996 c. 46 Sch. 2 para. 1(replacing1955 c 18 s 116) (Act applied (prosp.) by 1955 c. 18, s. 116C(6) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2 para. 1 which said amending provision was repealed (31.3.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 58(2), 60, Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(h)(i)(ix)))
  • Act power to applied by 1996 c. 46 Sch. 2 para. 4(replacing1957 c 53 s. 63) (Act: Power to apply conferred (prosp.) by 1957 c. 53, s. 63B(4)(c) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2, para. 4 which said amending provision was repealed (31.3.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 58(2), 60, Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(h)(i)(ix)))
  • Act power to applied by 1996 c. 46 Sch. 2 para. 1(replacing1955 c 19 s. 116) (Act: Power to apply conferred (prosp.) by 1955 c. 19, s. 116B(4)(c) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2, para. 1 which said amending provision was repealed (31.3.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 58(2), 60, Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(h)(i)(ix)))
  • Act power to applied by 1996 c. 46 Sch. 2 para. 1(replacing1955 c 18 s 116) (Act: Power to apply conferred (prosp.) by 1955 c. 18, s. 116B(4)(c) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2 para. 1 which said amending provision was repealed (31.3.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 58(2), 60, Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(h)(i)(ix)))

Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):

Section 65(2).

SCHEDULE 2E+W Mental Health Review [F1Tribunal for Wales]

Textual Amendments

1E+W[F2The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales] shall consist of—

(a)a number of persons (referred to in this Schedule as “the legal members”) appointed by the Lord Chancellor and having such legal experience as the Lord Chancellor considers suitable;

(b)a number of persons (referred to in this Schedule as “the medical members”) being registered medical practitioners appointed by the Lord Chancellor F3. . . ; and

(c)a number of persons appointed by the Lord Chancellor F3. . . and having such experience in administration, such knowledge of social services or such other qualifications or experience as the Lord Chancellor considers suitable.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Sch. 2 para. 1(b)(c): Functions of the Lord Chancellor, so far as they are exercisable by him in relation to Wales, to be exercised only with the agreement of or after the consultation with the Assembly of Wales (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 5, Sch. 2

[F41AE+WAs part of the selection process for an appointment under paragraph 1(b) or (c) the Judicial Appointments Commission shall consult the Secretary of State.]

2E+W[F5Subject to paragraph 2A below,]the members of [F6the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales] shall hold and vacate office under the terms of the instrument under which they are appointed, but may resign office by notice in writing to the Lord Chancellor; and any such member who ceases to hold office shall be eligible for re-appointment.

[F72AE+WA member of [F8the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales] shall vacate office on the day on which he attains the age of [F975].]

[F103(1)The Lord Chancellor shall appoint one of the legal members of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for England to be the President of that tribunal.E+W

(2)The Lord Chancellor shall appoint one of the legal members of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales to be the President of that tribunal.]

Textual Amendments

4E+WSubject to rules made by the Lord Chancellor under section 78(2)(c) above, the members who are to constitute [F11the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales] for the purposes of any proceedings or class or group of proceedings under this Act shall be appointed by the [F12President] of the tribunal or F13..., by another member of the tribunal appointed for the purpose by the [F12President]; and of the members so appointed—

(a)one or more shall be appointed from the legal members;

(b)one or more shall be appointed from the medical members; and

(c)one or more shall be appointed from the members who are neither legal nor medical members.

Textual Amendments

F12Word in Sch. 2 para. 4 substituted (1.12.2017) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 38(7)(a), 56(1); S.I. 2017/1038, art. 2

F13Words in Sch. 2 para. 4 repealed (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 38(7)(b), 55, 56, Sch. 11 Pt. 6 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(m)(p) (with art. 3, Sch.)

[F145(1)A member of the First-tier Tribunal who is eligible to decide any matter in a case under this Act may, at the request of the President of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales and with the approval of the Senior President of Tribunals, act as a member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales.E+W

[F15(1A)A member of a tribunal listed in section 59 of the Wales Act 2017 (the Welsh tribunals) who is not a member of the Tribunal but who is eligible to decide any matter in a case under this Act may, at the request of the President of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales and with the approval of the President of Welsh Tribunals, act as a member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales.]

(2)Every person while acting under this paragraph may perform any of the functions of a member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales.

(3)Until section 38(7) of the Mental Health Act 2007 comes into force, the reference in sub-paragraph (1) [F16or (1A)] to the President of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales is to be read as a reference to the chairman of the tribunal.]

Textual Amendments

F15Sch. 2 para. 5(1A) inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 2(1) of the commencing S.I.) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), ss. 62(3)(a), 71(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6, 9); S.I. 2017/351, reg. 2(2) [Editorial note: S.I. 2017/1282 was made under 2017 c. 4, Sch. 5 para. 7(1) and comes into force on 12.12.2017]

F16Words in Sch. 2 para. 5(3) inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 2(1) of the commencing S.I.) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), ss. 62(3)(b), 71(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/351, reg. 2(2) [Editorial note: S.I. 2017/1282 was made under 2017 c. 4, Sch. 5 para. 7(1) and comes into force on 12.12.2017]

6E+WSubject to any rules made by the Lord Chancellor under section 78(4)(a) above, where the [F17President] of the tribunal is included among the persons appointed under paragraph 4 above, he shall be [F18chairman] of the tribunal; and in any other case the [F18chairman] of the tribunal shall be such one of the members so appointed (being one of the legal members) as the [F17President] may nominate.

Textual Amendments

F17Word in Sch. 2 para. 6 substituted (1.12.2017) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 38(9)(a), 56(1); S.I. 2017/1038, art. 2

F18Word in Sch. 2 para. 6 substituted (1.12.2017) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 38(9)(b), 56(1); S.I. 2017/1038, art. 2 (with art. 4)

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