Health and Mental Treatment (Amendment) Act, 1966

Amendment of section 15 of Health Act, 1953.

1.—(1) In this section “the section” means section 15 of the Health Act, 1953 , as amended.

(2) Subsection (2) of the section is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution in paragraph (b) of “one thousand two hundred pounds” for “eight hundred pounds”, and

(b) the substitution in paragraph (c) of “sixty pounds” for “fifty pounds”.

(3) The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (6) of the section:

“(6) In paragraph (b) and paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of this section, the reference to yearly means includes, in addition to the yearly means of the person in question, the yearly means of the spouse (if any) of such person, where the spouse is resident with such person.”

(4) Subsection (9) of the section is hereby amended by the substitution of “one thousand two hundred pounds” for “eight hundred pounds”.

(5) The reference to the section in other sections of the Health Act, 1953 (including references thereto contained in the amendments of the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 , set out in section 71 of the Health Act, 1953 ) shall be construed as references to the section as amended by any Act passed after the passing of that Act (including this Act).