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Mental Health Bill [HL]

 

Mental Health Bill [HL]

 

[AS AMENDED IN 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   

Impaired decision making: admission for assessment and treatment

5   

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

6   

Further cases in which appropriate treatment test is to apply

Medical treatment

7   

Appropriate treatment test in Part 4 of 1983 Act

8   

Change in definition of “medical treatment”

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

13   

Amendments to Part 5 of 1983 Act

14   

Amendments to other provisions of 1983 Act

15   

Amendments to other Acts

 

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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

Chapter 3

Patient’s nearest relative

22   

Extension of power to appoint acting nearest relative

23   

Discharge and variation of orders appointing nearest relative

24   

Restriction of nearest relative’s right to apply to tribunal

25   

Civil partners

Chapter 4

Supervised community treatment

26   

Community treatment orders, etc

27   

Relationship with leave of absence

28   

Consent to treatment

29   

Authority to treat

30   

Repeal of provisions for after-care under supervision

Chapter 5

Mental Health Review Tribunals

31   

References

32   

Organisation

Chapter 6

Cross-border patients

33   

Cross-border arrangements

Chapter 7

Restricted patients

34   

Restriction orders

35   

Conditionally discharged patients subject to limitation directions

 

 

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Chapter 8

Miscellaneous

36   

Delegation of powers of managers of NHS foundation trusts

37   

Local Health Boards

38   

Welsh Ministers: procedure for instruments

Part 2

Amendments to Mental Capacity Act 2005

39   

Mental Capacity Act 2005: deprivation of liberty

40   

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

Part 3

General

41   

Meaning of “1983 Act”

42   

Transitional provisions and savings

43   

Consequential provisions

44   

Repeals and revocations

45   

Commencement

46   

Commencement of section 30

47   

Extent

48   

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

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   —   

Nearest relative

 

 

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Part 5   —   

Supervised community treatment

Part 6   —   

Organisation of tribunals

Part 7   —   

Cross-border arrangements

Part 8   —   

Restricted patients

Part 9   —   

Deprivation of liberty

 

 

 
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