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(d) a severe disturbance of mood;

(e) sustained or repeated irrational behaviour indicating the presence of the symptoms referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d);

'psychiatric surgery' means surgery on the brain of a person, other than neurosurgery;".

"(3) Section 70 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection (1) "(other than treatment for psychiatric illness, convulsive therapy or psychiatric surgery)" after "prescribed medical procedure".

Schedule

"33B. The laws specified in the Schedule are amended as set out in the Schedule.".

Page 12, line 31, proposed Schedule, add at the end of the Bill the following Schedule:

SCHEDULE Section 33B

Agents Act 1968

"Paragraph 3(1)(a), omit "the master in lunacy, the committee of the estate of a lunatic, the manager of the estate of an incapable person", substitute "a manager under the Guardianship and Management of Property Act 1991".

Architects Act 1959

"Subsection 22(1), omit "the person" (first occurring), substitute "a person".

"Paragraph 22(1)(d), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph:

"(d) if the Board is satisfied that, because of mental incapacity, the person is incapable of practising as an architect; or".

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