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PART 12CHILDREN

Amendments of Mental Health Order: children etc

266.—(1) Schedule 8—

(a)restricts the application of Part 2 of the Mental Health Order to children;

(b)amends that Order so as to—

(i)make provision for independent advocates for children; and

(ii)require persons making certain decisions to have a child’s best interests as their primary consideration;

(c)makes other amendments of that Order.

(2) In this section “children” means children under 16.