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Mental Health Bill [HL]

 

Mental Health Bill [HL]

 

[AS AMENDED ON REPORT]

 
 

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”

Chapter 2

Professional roles

Approved clinicians and responsible clinicians

10   

Amendments to Part 2 of 1983 Act

11   

Amendments to Part 3 of 1983 Act

12   

Further amendments to Part 3 of 1983 Act

13   

Amendments to Part 4 of 1983 Act

14   

Amendments to Part 5 of 1983 Act

15   

Amendments to other provisions of 1983 Act

 

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16   

Amendments to other Acts

17   

Certain registered medical practitioners to be treated as approved under

section 12 of 1983 Act

18   

Regulations as to approvals in relation to England and Wales

Approved mental health professionals

19   

Approved mental health professionals

20   

Approval of courses etc for approved mental health professionals

21   

Amendment to section 62 of Care Standards Act 2000

22   

Approved mental health professionals: further amendments

23   

Children and young people

Conflicts of interest in professional roles

24   

Conflicts of interest

Chapter 3

Safeguards for patients

Patient’s nearest relative

25   

Extension of power to appoint acting nearest relative

26   

Discharge and variation of orders appointing nearest relative

27   

Restriction of nearest relative’s right to apply to tribunal

28   

Civil partners

Consent to treatment

29   

Electro-convulsive therapy, etc.

30   

Section 29: supplemental

Chapter 4

Supervised community treatment

31   

Community treatment orders, etc

32   

Relationship with leave of absence

33   

Consent to treatment

34   

Authority to treat

Chapter 5

Mental Health Review Tribunals

35   

References

36   

Organisation

Chapter 6

Cross-border patients

37   

Cross-border arrangements

 

 

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Chapter 7

Restricted patients

38   

Restriction orders

39   

Conditionally discharged patients subject to limitation directions

Chapter 8

Miscellaneous

40   

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

indictment

41   

Informal admission of patients aged 16 or 17

42   

Places of safety

43   

Delegation of powers of managers of NHS foundation trusts

44   

Local Health Boards

45   

Welsh Ministers: procedure for instruments

Part 2

Amendments to Mental Capacity Act 2005

46   

Mental Capacity Act 2005: deprivation of liberty

47   

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

Part 3

General

48   

Meaning of “1983 Act”

49   

Transitional provisions and savings

50   

Consequential provisions

51   

Repeals and revocations

52   

Commencement

53   

Commencement of section 34

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

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

 

 

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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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