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Mental Health Bill [HL]

 

Mental Health Bill [HL]

 
 

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department of Health and the Home

Office, in consultation with the Welsh Assembly Government, will be published

separately as Bill 76—EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Ms Secretary Hewitt has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the

Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Mental Health Bill [HL] are compatible with the

Convention rights.

 

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Contents

Part 1

Amendments to Mental Health Act 1983

Chapter 1

Changes to key provisions

Mental disorder

1   

Removal of categories of mental disorder

2   

Learning disability

3   

Changes to exclusions from operation of 1983 Act

Tests for detention etc

4   

Impaired decision making: admission for assessment and treatment

5   

Replacement of “treatability” and “care” tests with appropriate treatment test

6   

Renewal of detention

7   

Further cases in which appropriate treatment test is to apply

Medical treatment

8   

Appropriate treatment test in Part 4 of 1983 Act

9   

Change in definition of “medical treatment”

Fundamental principles

10   

The fundamental principles

Chapter 2

Professional roles

Approved clinicians and responsible clinicians

11   

Amendments to Part 2 of 1983 Act

12   

Amendments to Part 3 of 1983 Act

 

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13   

Further amendments to Part 3 of 1983 Act

14   

Amendments to Part 4 of 1983 Act

15   

Amendments to Part 5 of 1983 Act

16   

Amendments to other provisions of 1983 Act

17   

Amendments to other Acts

18   

Certain registered medical practitioners to be treated as approved under

section 12 of 1983 Act

19   

Regulations as to approvals in relation to England and Wales

Approved mental health professionals

20   

Approved mental health professionals

21   

Approval of courses etc for approved mental health professionals

22   

Amendment to section 62 of Care Standards Act 2000

23   

Approved mental health professionals: further amendments

24   

Children and young people

Conflicts of interest in professional roles

25   

Conflicts of interest

Chapter 3

Safeguards for patients

Patient’s nearest relative

26   

Extension of power to appoint acting nearest relative

27   

Discharge and variation of orders appointing nearest relative

28   

Restriction of nearest relative’s right to apply to tribunal

29   

Civil partners

Consent to treatment

30   

Electro-convulsive therapy, etc.

31   

Section 30: supplemental

Chapter 4

Supervised community treatment

32   

Community treatment orders, etc

33   

Relationship with leave of absence

34   

Consent to treatment

35   

Authority to treat

Chapter 5

Mental Health Review Tribunals

36   

References

37   

Organisation

 

 

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Chapter 6

Cross-border patients

38   

Cross-border arrangements

Chapter 7

Restricted patients

39   

Restriction orders

40   

Conditionally discharged patients subject to limitation directions

Chapter 8

Miscellaneous

41   

Offence of ill-treatment: increase in maximum penalty on conviction on

indictment

42   

Informal admission of patients aged 16 or 17

43   

Places of safety

44   

Delegation of powers of managers of NHS foundation trusts

45   

Local Health Boards

46   

Welsh Ministers: procedure for instruments

Part 2

Amendments to Mental Capacity Act 2005

47   

Mental Capacity Act 2005: deprivation of liberty

48   

Amendment to section 20(11) of Mental Capacity Act 2005

Part 3

General

49   

Meaning of “1983 Act”

50   

Transitional provisions and savings

51   

Consequential provisions

52   

Repeals and revocations

53   

Commencement

54   

Extent

55   

Short title

Schedule 1   —   

Categories of mental disorder: further amendments etc

Part 1   —   

Amendments to 1983 Act

Part 2   —   

Amendments to other Acts

Schedule 2   —   

Approved mental health professionals: further amendments

to 1983 Act

Schedule 3   —   

Supervised community treatment: further amendments to

1983 Act

 

 

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Schedule 4   —   

Supervised community treatment: amendments to other Acts

Schedule 5   —   

Cross-border arrangements

Part 1   —   

Amendments to Part 6 of 1983 Act

Part 2   —   

Related amendments

Schedule 6   —   

Mental Capacity Act 2005: new Schedule A1

Schedule 7   —   

Mental Capacity Act 2005: new Schedule 1A

Schedule 8   —   

Amendments relating to new section 4A of,& Schedule A1 to,

Mental Capacity Act 2005

Part 1   —   

Other amendments to Mental Capacity Act 2005

Part 2   —   

Amendments to other Acts

Schedule 9   —   

Transitional provisions and savings

Schedule 10   —   

Repeals and revocations

Part 1   —   

Removal of categories of mental disorder

Part 2   —   

Replacement of “treatability” and “care” tests

Part 3   —   

Approved clinicians and responsible clinicians

Part 4   —   

Safeguards for patients

Part 5   —   

Supervised community treatment

Part 6   —   

Organisation of tribunals

Part 7   —   

Cross-border arrangements

Part 8   —   

Restricted patients

Part 9   —   

Miscellaneous

Part 10   —   

Deprivation of liberty

 

 

 
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