Mental Health Act 20266

Amendment of section 3 of Act of 2006

210. Section 3 of the Act of 2006 is amended—

(a) in subsection (2), by the deletion of “established under section 32 of the Act of 2001”,

(b) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “Chapter 3 of Part 3 of the Act of 2026” for “Part 4 of the Act of 2001”, and

(c) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4):

“(4) In this section, ‘psychiatric centre’ means a registered acute mental health centre (within the meaning of the Act of 2026) in which treatment is provided to persons for a mental disorder (within the meaning of that Act) that fulfils the criteria for involuntary admission.”.