The Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 (Commencement No.3) Order 2012

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is made under sections 52(2) and 55(3) of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 (“the Measure”). Article 2 lists the provisions which are to come into force on 1 October 2012.

This Order commences the remainder of Part 1 of the Measure which requires the Local Health Boards and the local authority for a local authority area (“local mental health partners”) to provide local primary mental health support services in accordance with a scheme agreed between the local mental health partners for that area or determined by the Welsh Ministers. Part 1 of the Measure also requires a primary mental health assessment of individuals to be undertaken in certain circumstances.

This Order also commences the remaining provisions of the Measure.