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Mental Health Bill [HL]

 

Mental Health Bill [HL]

 

[AS AMENDED IN PUBLIC BILL COMMITTEE]

 
 

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   

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

5   

Further cases in which appropriate treatment test is to apply

Medical treatment

6   

Appropriate treatment test in Part 4 of 1983 Act

7   

Change in definition of “medical treatment”

Fundamental principles

8   

The fundamental principles

Chapter 2

Professional roles

Approved clinicians and responsible clinicians

9   

Amendments to Part 2 of 1983 Act

10   

Amendments to Part 3 of 1983 Act

11   

Further amendments to Part 3 of 1983 Act

12   

Amendments to Part 4 of 1983 Act

 

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13   

Amendments to Part 5 of 1983 Act

14   

Amendments to other provisions of 1983 Act

15   

Amendments to other Acts

16   

Certain registered medical practitioners to be treated as approved under

section 12 of 1983 Act

17   

Regulations as to approvals in relation to England and Wales

Approved mental health professionals

18   

Approved mental health professionals

19   

Approval of courses etc for approved mental health professionals

20   

Amendment to section 62 of Care Standards Act 2000

21   

Approved mental health professionals: further amendments

Conflicts of interest in professional roles

22   

Conflicts of interest

Chapter 3

Safeguards for patients

Patient’s nearest relative

23   

Extension of power to appoint acting nearest relative

24   

Discharge and variation of orders appointing nearest relative

25   

Restriction of nearest relative’s right to apply to tribunal

26   

Civil partners

Consent to treatment

27   

Electro-convulsive therapy, etc.

28   

Section 27: supplemental

Chapter 4

Supervised community treatment

29   

Community treatment orders, etc

30   

Relationship with leave of absence

31   

Consent to treatment

32   

Authority to treat

33   

Repeal of provisions for after-care under supervision

Chapter 5

Mental Health Review Tribunals

34   

References

35   

Organisation

 

 

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Chapter 6

Cross-border patients

36   

Cross-border arrangements

Chapter 7

Restricted patients

37   

Restriction orders

38   

Conditionally discharged patients subject to limitation directions

Chapter 8

Miscellaneous

39   

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

indictment

40   

Informal admission of patients aged 16 or 17

41   

Places of safety

42   

Delegation of powers of managers of NHS foundation trusts

43   

Local Health Boards

44   

Welsh Ministers: procedure for instruments

Part 2

Amendments to Mental Capacity Act 2005

45   

Mental Capacity Act 2005: deprivation of liberty

46   

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

Part 3

General

47   

Meaning of “1983 Act”

48   

Transitional provisions and savings

49   

Consequential provisions

50   

Repeals and revocations

51   

Commencement

52   

Commencement of section 33

53   

Extent

54   

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

 

 

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Schedule 3   —   

Supervised community treatment: further amendments to

1983 Act

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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