Health Act, 1970
Amendment of section 3 of Mental Treatment Act, 1945. |
81.—The Mental Treatment Act, 1945 , is hereby amended by— | |
(a) the deletion in section 3 of the definitions of “the appropriate assistance officer”, “authorised medical officer”, “chargeable patient”, “joint authority”, “joint board”, “mental hospital assistance”, “visiting committee of an auxiliary mental hospital”, and “visiting committee of a district mental hospital”, | ||
(b) the insertion in section 3 after the definition of “district mental hospital” of the following— | ||
“ ‘eligible patient’ means a patient who is a person with full eligibility or a person with limited eligibility within the meaning of sections 45 and 46 of the Health Act, 1970”, and | ||
(c) the substitution of “eligible patient” for “chargeable patient” in each case where that occurs. |