Section 108: General provisions as to rules under Part VII.

Mental Health Act 1983 · 1983 c. 20View on legislation.gov.uk

*Part VII: *

Rules under section 106(5) are to be made by the Lord Chancellor after consulting the Lord Chief Justice.

Rules under any other provision of this Part of this Act are to be made in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.

Rules under this Part of this Act may contain such incidental and supplemental provisions as appear requisite for the purposes of the rules.

The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under this section.

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