Mental Health (Amendment) Act 2018
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Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act | ||
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2. Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1) by— | ||
(a) the insertion of the following definitions: | ||
(i)“ ‘Act of 2015’ means Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 ;”, | ||
(ii)“ ‘guiding principles’ shall be construed— | ||
(a) in relation to a person, other than a child, in accordance with section 4, | ||
(b) in relation to a child, in accordance with section 4A;”, | ||
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(b) the substitution of the following definition for the definition of ‘voluntary patient’: | ||
“‘voluntary patient’ means a person who— | ||
(a) has capacity (within the meaning of section 3 of the Act of 2015), | ||
(b) has been admitted to an approved centre, and | ||
(c) has given consent to his or her admission.”. |