Mental Health Act matters
28.—(1) Nothing in this Act authorises anyone-
- (a) to give a patient medical treatment for mental disorder, or
- (b) to consent to a patient's being given medical treatment for mental disorder,
if, at the time when it is proposed to treat the patient, his treatment is regulated by Part 4 of the Mental Health Act.
(2) "Medical treatment", "mental disorder" and "patient" have the same meaning as in that Act.
Amendments
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 has been fully in force since 1 October 2007. For details of proposed amendments, see Mental Health Act 2007.
New law
Once the relevant parts of the Mental Health Act 2007 come into force, the text of this section will be as follows.
Mental Health Act matters
28.—(1) Nothing in this Act authorises anyone-
- (a) to give a patient medical treatment for mental disorder, or
- (b) to consent to a patient's being given medical treatment for mental disorder,
if, at the time when it is proposed to treat the patient, his treatment is regulated by Part 4 of the Mental Health Act.
[(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to any form of treatment to which section 58A of that Act (electro-convulsive therapy, etc.) applies if the patient comes within subsection (7) of that section (informal patient under 18 who cannot give consent).][1]
[(1B) Section 5 does not apply to an act to which section 64B of the Mental Health Act applies (treatment of community patients not recalled to hospital).][1]
(2) "Medical treatment", "mental disorder" and "patient" have the same meaning as in that Act.
Amendments