Section 66(1) of the 1983 Act provides patients detained under Part 2, and on certain occasions, their nearest relatives, the right to make an application to the Tribunal to have their detention reviewed. Section 66(2) of the 1983 Act sets out the periods for when patients (or their nearest relatives) may make such an application. These periods vary depending on the section of the 1983 Act under which a patient is detained.
	Section 75 of the 1983 Act makes provision for the occasions when a referral must be made, or the period an application may be made to the Tribunal, in respect of a restricted patient who has been conditionally discharged.
	Section 30 of the Act extends the period in which a patient admitted in pursuance of an application for assessment may apply to the Tribunal to be discharged from detention. Section 30 also provides conditionally discharged patients the right to apply to the Tribunal for a review of their detention.
	Subsection (1)(a) amends section 66(2)(a) of the 1983 Act (applications to Tribunals) to extend the period in which a patient detained under section 2 who is detained in hospital pursuant to an application for assessment, can apply to the Tribunal from 14 days to 21 days, beginning with the day on which the patient is admitted.
	Subsection (1)(b) amends section 66(2)(b) of the 1983 Act, to reduce the period in which a patient who is admitted to a hospital under section 3 in pursuance of an application for admission for treatment, can apply to the Tribunal, from six months to three months. This change reflects the amendments made by section 29(3) of the Act, which shortens the initial detention period for patients admitted for treatment under section 3 from six months to three months.
	Subsection (2)(b) amends section 75(2) to clarify that `conditionally discharged’ patients, who are not subject to conditions amounting to a deprivation of liberty under the 2005 Act ("DoL conditions") and who have not been recalled to hospital, have the right to make an application to the Tribunal for a review of their detention between 12 months and two years from the date on which the patient was conditionally discharged or ceased to be subject to DoL conditions, and thereafter every two years.
	Subsection (2)(c) inserts a new subsection (2A) after section 75(2) of the 1983 Act to provide patients who are conditionally discharged and subject to DoL conditions the right to make an application to the Tribunal between six months and 12 months from the date on which the patient became subject to the DoL conditions and thereafter every two years.
Periods for applications and references to the tribunal Section 30: Periods for tribunal applications