PART 12CHILDREN

266Amendments of Mental Health Order: children etc

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.