(n) applications to the Mental Health Review Tribunal;
(o) the holding of inquiries under this Act;
(p) the payment of allowances to persons who amend inquiries under this Act and hearings of the Mental
Health Review Tribunal;
(q) the convening of meetings referred to in subsection (1) of section seventy-four and the procedure to be
adopted at such meetings.
(3) The Minister shall not make regulations for a purpose referred to in paragraph (1) of subsection (2) except
with the approval of the Minister responsible for local government.
126 Construction of references to mentally disordered or defective persons
Any reference in any other enactment to a mentally disordered or defective person shall be construed, unless
inconsistent with the context, as a reference to a mentally disordered or intellectually handicapped person as
defined in section two.
127 Repeal of Cap. 15:06 and savings
(1) The Mental Health Act [Chapter 15:06] is repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Mental Health Act [Chapter 15:06]—
(a) any application or order made or issued under that Act shall be treated as though it had been made under
the relevant provision of this Act and may be proceeded with as if it had been so made;
(b) any warrant or order for the detention of any person in terms of that Act and in force immediately before
the date of commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been issued under the corresponding
provision of this Act and shall remain in force until set aside or varied under this Act;
(c) any board established under section 50 of that Act shall be deemed to be a mental hospital board
established under this Act, and—
(i) the members of that board shall continue as members in accordance with this Act; and
(ii) any report or resolution of or other action taken by that board shall have effect as if it had been
made or taken in terms of this Act;
(d) any curator appointed under that Act who had not been released from his appointment before the date of
commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been appointed under the corresponding provision
of this Act with the same functions as were conferred or imposed upon him under that Act;
(e) my inquiry or other proceeding commenced under that Act which had not been completed on the date of
commencement of this Act shall be continued under the corresponding provision of this Act as though it
had commenced under that provision;
(f) the President shall continue to exercise his powers under that Act in relation to any matter which had
been submitted to him for his decision under that Act before the date of commencement of this Act but
which had not been decided by him on that date, and the patient concerned shall be detained, discharged
or otherwise dealt with as if his decision in the matter had been given before that date;
(g) any regulations made, notice published, decision taken or other thing made, done or commenced before
the date of commencement of this Act which had effect immediately before that date shall continue to
have, or to be capable of acquiring, the same effect as if it had been made, done or commenced, as the
case may be, under the corresponding provision of this Act.
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