§ 53. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister of Health if he will state in detail what steps he has taken, and proposes to take, and what tribunals he has set up, to implement the provisions of the Mental Health Act.
§ Mr. PowellSections 1 and 149 have been in operation since 6th October, 1959, so far as necessary to permit informal admissions. Sections 6 to 10, dealing with local authority services, and certain other Sections, have been in effect since 15th July last. The remainder of the Act came into operation on 1st November last. The fifteen Mental Health Review Tribunals have been appointed by my right hon. and noble Friend, the Lord Chancellor.