Mental Health Act 20266
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Chapter 2 Registration of services | ||
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Transitional provision: registration of services, general | ||
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263. (1) Where, immediately before the date on which this section comes into operation (in this section referred to as the “relevant date”) or following a determination under section 264 (1)(a), an approved centre within the meaning of the Act of 2001 (in this section referred to as an “approved centre”) is registered by the Commission under section 64 of the Act of 2001, the approved centre shall be deemed, on the relevant date or on the date of such a determination under section 264 (1)(a), to be registered as a registered acute mental health centre and shall be entered by the Commission, on or after the relevant date, in the Register of acute mental health centres under section 146 . | ||
(2) The duration of a registration of an approved centre deemed to be a registered acute mental health centre in accordance with subsection (1) shall begin on either of the dates referred to in subsection (1) as applies in relation to the centre and end on the date the period of the registration of that approved centre under section 64 of the Act of 2001 expires. | ||
(3) Where, immediately before the relevant date, a certificate of registration in respect of an approved centre under section 64 of the Act of 2001 is in force, that certificate of registration shall, on the relevant date, be deemed to be a certificate of registration under section 153 for the duration of the unexpired period of the registration referred to in subsection (2). | ||
(4) The Commission shall, on or after the relevant date, include a registered proprietor of an approved centre that is deemed to be a registered acute mental health centre in accordance with subsection (1) as the registered proprietor of the registered acute mental health centre concerned in the Register of acute mental health centres. | ||
(5) The clinical director of an approved centre that is deemed to be a registered acute mental health centre in accordance with subsection (1) shall be deemed, on the relevant date, to be the clinical director of the registered acute mental health centre. | ||
(6) The registered proprietor of an approved centre that is deemed to be a registered acute mental health centre in accordance with subsection (1) shall, as soon as may be and not later than 3 months after the relevant date, nominate a person to be the registered person in accordance with section 170 (2), subject to the modification that the nominated person shall not be replacing a person named under section 170 (1). | ||
(7) A registered proprietor of a registered acute mental health centre that is deemed to be a registered acute mental health centre in accordance with subsection (1) shall comply with this Act and any regulations made thereunder from the relevant date. |