Member

This leads to the very difficult distinction between the application of Part II civil sections and the criteria for Part III, concerned with patients with criminal proceedings, where mental disorders are, extraordinarily, referred to as “relevant” disorders. I do not think that I have ever met anyone diagnosed as suffering from a relevant disorder. It means that Part II criteria are now different from those in Part III. Clearly, I understand that that is necessary if Section 3 in Part II of the Act is to exclude people with these two categories of neurodevelopmental disorders, but these unfortunate people will not be able to benefit.