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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 31 March 2025
Debate
Mental Health Bill [HL]Contribution
29: Schedule 2, page 77, line 27, leave out “16” and insert “18”
Member’s explanatory statement
This and my amendments to paragraph 10 of new Schedule 1A ensure that where a nominated person is appointed for a patient who is aged 16 or 17 and for whom a local authority has parental responsibility, the local authority is appointed as the nominated person.
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