SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6 Requirements which may be included in supervision orders
Requirements as to treatment for mental condition
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1
This paragraph applies where a court which proposes to make a supervision order is satisfied, on the evidence of a registered medical practitioner approved for the purposes of section 12 of the M1Mental Health Act 1983, that the mental condition of the offender—
a
is such as requires and may be susceptible to treatment; but
b
is not such as to warrant the making of a hospital order or guardianship order within the meaning of that Act.
2
Where this paragraph applies, the court may include in the supervision order a requirement that the offender shall, for a period specified in the order, submit to treatment of one of the following descriptions so specified, that is to say—
a
b
treatment as a non-resident patient at an institution or place specified in the order;
c
treatment by or under the direction of a registered medical practitioner specified in the order; or
d
treatment by or under the direction of a chartered psychologist specified in the order.
3
A requirement shall not be included in a supervision order by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) above—
a
in any case, unless the court is satisfied that arrangements have been or can be made for the treatment in question and, in the case of treatment as a resident patient, for the reception of the patient;
b
in the case of an order made or to be made in respect of a person aged 14 or over, unless he consents to its inclusion;
and a requirement so included shall not in any case continue in force after the offender attains the age of 18.
4
Subsections (2) and (3) of section 54 of the M3Mental Health Act 1983 shall have effect with respect to proof for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above of an offender’s mental condition as they have effect with respect to proof of an offender’s mental condition for the purposes of section 37(2)(a) of that Act.
5
In sub-paragraph (2) above “chartered psychologist” means a person for the time being listed in the British Psychological Society’s Register of Chartered Psychologists.