Clause 8
Mental Health Bill [Lords]
Public Bill Committees, 1 May 2007, 5:15 pm
Amendments made: No. 19, in clause 8, page 4, line 28, at end insert—
‘( ) In the following provisions, for the words from “, having regard to” to the end substitute “it is appropriate for the treatment to be given.”—
(a) section 57(2)(b) (certification of second opinion where treatment requires consent and a second opinion), and
(b) section 58(3)(b) (certification of second opinion where treatment requires consent or a second opinion).’.
No. 20, in clause 8, page 4, line 31, leave out from ‘is’ to end of line 32 and insert
‘appropriate in his case, taking into account the nature and degree of the mental disorder from which he is suffering and all other circumstances of his case.”’.—[Ms Winterton.]