Commentary Part 1 – Amendments to Mental Health Act 1983 Overview Section 13: Amendments to Part 5 of 1983 Act
59.Section 13 makes similar amendments to Part 5 of the 1983 Act (Mental Health Review Tribunals).  For example, it amends sections 67(2) and 76(1) so that an AC as well as a registered medical practitioner can visit and examine the patient for the purposes of a tribunal reference and tribunal application under those provisions.