SCHEDULE 5Amendments to Acts of Parliament, Acts of the Scottish Parliament and Northern Ireland legislation

PART 1Amendments to Acts of Parliament

Amendment of the Criminal Justice Act 2003

7.  In the Criminal Justice Act 2003(1)—

(a)in the following provisions, for “chartered psychologist”, wherever occurring, substitute “registered psychologist”—

(i)subsections (1) and (2)(c) of section 207 (mental health treatment requirement), and

(ii)subsections (1) and (3)(a) of section 208 (mental health treatment at place other than that specified in order); and

(b)for subsection (6) of section 207 substitute the following subsection—

(6) In this section and section 208, “registered psychologist” means a person registered in the part of the register maintained under the Health Professions Order 2001 which relates to practitioner psychologists..