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Mental Health Act 2007

Section 29: Withdrawal of consent

98.Section 29 of the 2007 Act amends section 60 of the 1983 Act (withdrawal of consent), which sets out the effect on a certificate issued under Part 4 of the 1983 Act by either the approved clinician in charge of the treatment or a SOAD when the patient, having given consent, withdraws that consent. The amendment clarifies the position when a patient who has been certified as unable to understand the nature, purpose and likely effects of the treatment becomes able to so understand. It also clarifies the position when a person, having consented, loses the ability to understand the nature, purpose and likely effects of the treatment. In both cases the certificate is no longer valid.

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