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The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2020

S.R. 2020/46 · Made 25 March 2020

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Mental Health

Made 25th March 2020

Coming into operation 30th March 2020

The Department of Healthf1, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 64(2) of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986f2, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2016 c. 5 (NI), s1(5)

f2

S.I. 1986/595 (NI 4)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of Article 64(1)(b) of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2020 and shall come into operation on 30th March 2020.

2Amendment of Article 64(1)(b) of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986

In Article 64(1)(b), for “three months” substitute “six months”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 25th March 2020.

(L.S.)

Mark Lee

A senior officer of the Department of Health.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order varies the length of the period which must elapse for a second opinion to be required for the continued administration of medicine to detained patients from three months to six months.