Western Australian Numbered Acts

ACTS AMENDMENT AND REPEAL (COURTS AND LEGAL PRACTICE) ACT 2003 (NO. 65 OF 2003) - SECT 51

51 .         Mental Health Act 1996 amended

        (1)         The amendments in this section are to the Mental Health Act 1996 *.

        [*         Act No. 68 of 1996.
                For subsequent amendments see 2001 Index to Legislation of Western Australia, Table 1, p. 231 .]

        (2)         Section 3 is amended by deleting the definition of “legal practitioner” and inserting the following definition instead —

“
        “legal practitioner” means a legal practitioner as defined in the Legal Practice Act 2003 ;

”.

        (3)         Schedule 2 clause 3(3) is amended by deleting “, within the meaning of the Legal Practitioners Act 1893 ,” and inserting instead —

                “ (within the meaning of the Legal Practice Act 2003) ”.