12.Section 1 amends Schedule 2 to the Mental Health Act 1983, which makes provision about the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales.
13.Paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 2 to the Mental Health Act 1983 provides that the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales must include members, referred to as “medical members”, who are registered medical practitioners.
14.Section 1(3) of the Act inserts a definition of the term “registered medical practitioner” into paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Mental Health Act 1983. The term is defined as meaning a fully registered person within the meaning of the Medical Act 1983 (regardless of whether that person holds a licence to practise under that Act).
15.Section 1(3) of the Act further amends paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Mental Health Act 1983 to provide that if, before the coming into force of this new definition of “registered medical practitioner”, a person who was appointed as a medical member did not hold a licence to practise under the Medical Act 1983 (whether at the time of appointment or at any other time since), the validity of the person’s appointment to the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales and their membership of that tribunal during that period is not affected.
Commentary on Sections Section 1 - Membership of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales