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PART 2 WCOORDINATION OF AND CARE PLANNING FOR SECONDARY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE USERS

DefinitionsW

12Meaning of “relevant patient”W

(1)For the purposes of this Part, an individual is a relevant patient if a mental health service provider is responsible for providing a secondary mental health service for the individual.

(2)An individual who does not fall within subsection (1) is also a relevant patient if–

(a)the individual is under the guardianship of a local authority in Wales; or

(b)a mental health service provider has decided that the individual would be provided with a secondary mental health service if the individual cooperated with its provision.

13Meaning of “mental health service provider”W

(1)For the purposes of this Part, mental health service providers are the following–

(a)the Welsh Ministers;

(b)a Local Health Board;

(c)a local authority in Wales.

(2)But the Welsh Ministers are not to be treated as being responsible for providing any service that is provided in the exercise of a function to which a direction given under section 12(1) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 relates.