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Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 2705 (L. 17)

Tribunals And Inquiries, England And Wales

The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales Rules 2008

Made

13th October 2008

Laid before Parliament

13th October 2008

Coming into force

3rd November 2008

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. PART 1

    Introduction

    1. 1. Citation and commencement

    2. 2. Interpretation

    3. 3. Overriding objective

  2. PART 2

    General powers and provisions

    1. 4. Preliminary and incidental matters

    2. 5. Case management powers

    3. 6. Directions

    4. 7. Failure to comply with rules or directions

    5. 8. Calculating time

    6. 9. Sending and delivery of documents

    7. 10. Prohibitions on disclosure or publication

    8. 11. Appointment of the tribunal

    9. 12. Substitution and addition of parties

    10. 13. Representatives

  3. PART 3

    Proceedings before the Tribunal

    1. CHAPTER 1

      Before the final determination

      1. 14. Procedure for applications and references

      2. 15. Statements, reports and documents

      3. 16. Notice of proceedings

      4. 17. Withholding documents or information likely to cause harm

      5. 18. Further evidence and submissions

      6. 19. Summoning of witnesses and orders to answer questions or produce documents

      7. 20. Medical examination

      8. 21. Postponement and adjournment

      9. 22. Withdrawal

      10. 23. Transfer of Proceedings

    2. CHAPTER 2

      Hearings

      1. 24. Time and place of hearings

      2. 25. Privacy of hearings

      3. 26. Request to appear at and take part in a hearing

      4. 27. Hearings in a party’s absence

    3. CHAPTER 3

      Decisions

      1. 28. Decisions

  4. PART 4

    Correcting and appealing Tribunal decisions

    1. 29. Clerical mistakes, accidental slips or omissions and irregularities

    2. 30. Application for permission to appeal

  5. PART 5

    Revocations

    1. 31. Revocations

    1. SCHEDULE

      Statements by the Responsible Authority and the Secretary of State

      1. PART A

        Information about patients (other than conditionally discharged patients)

      2. PART B

        Reports relating to patients (other than conditionally discharged patients)

      3. PART C

        Information about conditionally discharged patients

      4. PART D

        Reports relating to conditionally discharged patients

Go to Explanatory Note

The Lord Chancellor makes these Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 78 of the Mental Health Act 1983(1) and after consultation with the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council in accordance with section 8 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992(2).

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1983 c.20, as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007 (c.12). Back [1]