SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8N.I.Amendments of Mental Health Order

Prospective

30—(1) Article 63 (treatment requiring consent and a second opinion) is amended as follows.N.I.

(2) In paragraph (2) for the first “Article” substitute “ Articles 63A and ”.

(3) For paragraph (3) substitute—

(3) Before giving a certificate under paragraph (2), the medical practitioner must consult—

(a)such person or persons as appear to the medical practitioner to be principally concerned with the patient's medical treatment; and

(b)the independent advocate instructed to represent and provide support to the patient..