Paragraph 6 Amendments of Part 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983I1

Section 20 (renewal of authority in relation to admission for treatment and guardianship) is amended as follows.

In subsection (4) (admission for treatment), for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

the patient is suffering from psychiatric disorder of a nature or degree which makes it appropriate for the patient to receive medical treatment in a hospital,”.

In subsection (7) (guardianship), for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

the patient is suffering from—

(i)

psychiatric disorder,

(ii)

autism, or

(iii)

learning disability which has serious behavioural consequences,

of a nature or degree which warrants the patient’s reception into guardianship, and”.