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Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010

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  1. Introduction

  2. Commentary on Sections

    1. Section 1 – Meaning of “local mental health partners”

    2. Section 2 – Joint schemes for the provision of local primary mental health support services

    3. Section 3 – Duty to provide local primary mental health support services

    4. Section 4 – Failure to agree schemes

    5. Section 5 – Meaning of “local primary mental health support services”

    6. Sections 6 to 8 – Duties to carry out primary mental health assessments (various)

    7. Section 9 – Conduct of primary mental health assessments

    8. Section 10 – Action following a primary mental health assessment

    9. Section 11 – Inclusion of schemes under this Part in Children and Young People’s plans

    10. Section 12 – Meaning of “relevant patient”

    11. Section 13 – Meaning of “mental health service provider”

    12. Section 14 – Duty to appoint care coordinator for a relevant patient

    13. Section 15 – Identification of the relevant mental health service provider for a relevant patient

    14. Section 16 – Further provision about the appointment of care coordinators

    15. Section 17 – Duty to coordinate provision of mental health services

    16. Section 18 – Functions of the care coordinator

    17. Section 19 – Arrangements for assessment of former users of secondary mental health services

    18. Section 20 – Duty to carry out assessments

    19. Section 21 – Failure to agree arrangements

    20. Section 22 – Entitlement to assessment

    21. Section 23 – Assessments: the relevant discharge period

    22. Section 24 – Provision of information about assessments

    23. Section 25 – Purpose of assessment

    24. Section 26 – Assessments: further provision

    25. Section 27 – Action following an assessment

    26. Section 28 – Referrals relating to housing or well-being services

    27. Section 29 – Determination of usual residence

    28. Section 30 – Application of this Part to persons under local authority guardianship

    29. Part 4: Mental health advocacy

    30. Section 31 – Independent mental health advocates: Wales

    31. Section 32 – Further provision about independent mental health advocacy for Welsh qualifying compulsory patients

    32. Section 33 – Further provision about independent mental health advocacy for Welsh qualifying informal patients

    33. Section 34 – Independent mental health advocates: supplementary powers and duties

    34. Section 35 – Welsh qualifying compulsory patients

    35. Section 36 – Welsh qualifying informal patients

    36. Section 37 – Duty to give information about independent mental health advocates to Welsh qualifying compulsory patients

    37. Section 38 – Duty to give information about independent mental health advocates to Welsh qualifying informal patients

    38. Section 39 – Application of the Mental Health Act 1983 code of practice to Welsh independent mental health advocates

    39. Section 40 – Procedures for making regulations under the Mental Health Act 1983

    40. Section 41 – Cooperative and joint working between Local Health Boards and local authorities

    41. Section 42 – Information sharing

    42. Section 43 – Amendment of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970

    43. Section 44 – Codes of Practice

    44. Section 45 – Part 1: power to secure regional provision

    45. Section 46 – Part 3: power to secure regional provision

    46. Section 47 – Regulations as to the individuals who may carry out mental health assessments and act as care coordinators

    47. Section 48 – Duty to review the Measure

    48. Section 49 – Meaning of secondary mental health services

    49. Section 50 – Meaning of housing or well-being services

    50. Section 51 – General interpretation

    51. Section 52 – Orders and regulations

    52. Section 53 – Consequential etc amendments

    53. Section 54 – Repeals

    54. Section 55 – Commencement

    55. Section 56 – Short title

    56. Schedule 1

    57. Schedule 2

  3. Record of Proceedings in the National Assembly for Wales

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