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PART 12 N.I.CHILDREN

Amendments of Mental Health Order: children etcN.I.

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.

Commencement Information

I1S. 266(1)(c) in operation at 2.12.2019 by S.R. 2019/163, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.R. 2019/190, art. 2)