Member

31: Schedule 2, page 78, line 6, leave out sub-paragraph (2) and insert— “(2) If a local authority has parental responsibility for the relevant patient, the approved mental health professional must appoint that local authority.(2A) If no local authority has parental responsibility for the relevant patient but the relevant patient has a competent deputy who is willing to act as the nominated person, the approved mental health professional must appoint the deputy.”Member’s explanatory statement See the explanatory statement for my amendment to Schedule 2, page 77, line 27.