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Notices of Amendments: 13th June 2007                  

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Mental Health Bill[ [], continued

 
 

James Duddridge

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

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Page  14,  line  23  [Clause  22],  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

an approved clinician shall not make a report for the purposes of renewal

 

of detention under section 20’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Angela Browning

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr Charles Walker

 

Total signatories: 8

 

James Duddridge

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

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Page  19,  line  27  [Clause  29],  leave out paragraphs (b) to (d) and insert—

 

‘(b)    

if the patient is not under Part III of the Act, (a patient concerned in

 

criminal proceedings or under sentence), the patient’s ability to make

 

decisions about the provision of medical treatment is significantly

 

impaired because of his mental disorder;

 

(c)    

it is necessary for—

 

(i)    

the protection of others from serious harm, or

 

(ii)    

the protection of the patient from suicide or serious harm to

 

himself that he should receive treatment for his mental disorder;

 

(d)    

subject to his being liable to be recalled to hospital for medical treatment

 

such treatment can be provided without his continuing to be detained in

 

a hospital;

 

(e)    

the patient has on at least one occasion within five years previous to the

 

present admission under section 3 refused to accept medical treatment for

 

mental disorder;

 

(i)    

when appropriate medical treatment has been refused there has

 

been a significant relapse in his mental or physical condition

 

justifying compulsory admission to hospital; (whether or not

 

there has been such an admission); and

 

(ii)    

medical treatment was then provided to him which alleviated or

 

prevented a worsening of his condition, its symptoms or other

 

manifestations of his condition.

 

(f)    

it is necessary for the protection of others from serious harm, or the

 

protection of the patient from suicide or serious harm to himself, that he

 

should be liable to be recalled to hospital for medical treatment; and”.’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Angela Browning

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr Charles Walker

 

James Duddridge

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

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Page  29,  line  2  [Clause  32],  leave out ‘or 64G’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 13th June 2007                  

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Mental Health Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Tim Loughton

 

Angela Browning

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr Charles Walker

 

James Duddridge

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

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Page  29,  line  28  [Clause  32],  leave out ‘or 64E(6)(b)’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Angela Browning

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr Charles Walker

 

James Duddridge

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

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Page  29,  line  22  [Clause  32],  leave out from ‘treatment’ to end of line 22.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Angela Browning

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr Charles Walker

 

Total signatories: 8

 

James Duddridge

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

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Page  24,  line  15,  leave out Clause 30.

 

Treatment requiring consent (period of time since administration of treatment)

 

Tim Loughton

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Angela Browning

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr Charles Walker

 

Total signatories: 8

 

James Duddridge

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

NC15

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 58 of the 1983 Act is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In subsection (1)(b) leave out “three months” and insert “two months”.’.

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Tim Loughton

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Angela Browning

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr Charles Walker

 

Total signatories: 8


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 13th June 2007                  

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Mental Health Bill[ [], continued

 
 

James Duddridge

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

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Page  19,  line  24  [Clause  29],  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

after subsection (3) insert—

 

“(4)    

Subsections (1)(b), (c) and (d) above shall not apply if the

 

treatment is electro-convulsive therapy.”.’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Angela Browning

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr Charles Walker

 

James Duddridge

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

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Page  4,  line  34  [Clause  8],  at end insert—

 

‘(i)    

physical health of the patient’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Angela Browning

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr Charles Walker

 

James Duddridge

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

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Page  20,  line  33  [Clause  29],  at end insert—

 

‘(8)    

A community patient or his nearest relative may make an application to the

 

Mental Health Review Tribunal to vary or suspend any or all of the conditions

 

imposed under subsection (3)(a), (aa), (c) and (d) above within the relevant period

 

or if substantial variations have been made by the responsible clinician under

 

subsection (4) above.

 

(9)    

In subsection 8 above “the relevant period” means—

 

(i)    

six months beginning with the day on which the community treatment

 

order is made; and

 

(ii)    

the period or periods for which the community treatment period is

 

extended by virtue of the report.

 

(10)    

Where application is made to a Mental Health Review Tribunal by or in respect

 

of a community patient under subsection (8) above the tribunal—

 

(i)    

may recommend that the responsible clinician consider whether to vary

 

or suspend any or all of the conditions imposed under subsections 3(a),

 

(aa), (c) and (d) above; and

 

(ii)    

may further consider the patient’s case if the responsible clinician does

 

not make all or some of the changes recommended.

 

(11)    

Nothing in this section restricts the power to make applications to tribunals under

 

section 66’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 13th June 2007                  

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Mental Health Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Independent mental health advocates

 

Ms Secretary Hewitt

 

Tim Loughton

 

Angela Browning

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr Charles Walker

 

James Duddridge

 

Total signatories: 7

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

NC3

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Part 10 of the 1983 Act (miscellaneous and supplementary) is amended as

 

follows.

 

(2)    

Before section 131 insert—

 

“130A

Independent mental health advocates

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(1)    

The appropriate national authority shall make such arrangements as it

 

considers reasonable to enable persons (“independent mental health

 

advocates”) to be available to help qualifying patients.

 

(2)    

The appropriate national authority may by regulations make provision as

 

to the appointment of persons as independent mental health advocates.

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(3)    

The regulations may, in particular, provide—

 

(a)    

that a person may act as an independent mental health advocate

 

only in such circumstances, or only subject to such conditions, as

 

may be specified in the regulations;

 

(b)    

for the appointment of a person as an independent mental health

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advocate to be subject to approval in accordance with the

 

regulations.

 

(4)    

In making arrangements under this section, the appropriate national

 

authority shall have regard to the principle that any help available to a

 

patient under the arrangements should, so far as practicable, be provided

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by a person who is independent of any person who is professionally

 

concerned with the patient’s medical treatment.

 

(5)    

For the purposes of subsection (4) above, a person is not to be regarded

 

as professionally concerned with a patient’s medical treatment merely

 

because he is representing him in accordance with arrangements—

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(a)    

under section 35 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005; or

 

(b)    

of a description specified in regulations under this section.

 

(6)    

Arrangements under this section may include provision for payments to

 

be made to, or in relation to, persons carrying out functions in accordance

 

with the arrangements.

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(7)    

Regulations under this section—

 

(a)    

may make different provision for different cases;

 

(b)    

may make provision which applies subject to specified

 

exceptions;

 

(c)    

may include transitional, consequential, incidental or

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supplemental provision.


 
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