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73Mental health treatment requirement

(1)    Section 207 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (mental health treatment requirement) is amended as follows.

(2)    In subsection (3)(a) (requirement for court to be satisfied as to offender's mental condition on evidence of registered medical practitioner)—

(a)    omit the words from “, on the evidence” to “1983,”, and

(b)    in sub-paragraph (ii), for “that Act” substitute “the Mental Health Act 1983”.

(3)    Omit subsection (5) (application of section 54(2) and (3) of the Mental Health Act 1983 to proof of offender's mental condition).

NOTES
Initial Commencement
To be appointed

To be appointed: see s 151(1).

Extent

This section does not extend to Scotland: see s 152(1).

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