Article 6 Dismissal of patient’s appeal by consent

Order 59 shall be amended by adding after rule 21 the following new rule—

“Dismissal of patient’s appeal by consent

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Notwithstanding anything in Order 80, rule 10(1) or in Order 10, rule 10(1) of the County Court Rules 1981^f1, where the receiver or other person authorised under Part VII of the Mental Health Act 1983^f2 to conduct legal proceedings in the name of the patient or on his behalf has also been authorised by the Court of Protection under its seal to consent to the dismissal of an appeal to the Court of Appeal by that patient, the appeal may be dismissed by consent without a hearing.”.