Member

87: Clause 2, page 2, line 7, leave out subsection (2) and insert— “(2) Where—(a) a person does not eat or drink, or limits their eating or drinking, because of a mental disorder, and(b) their not eating or drinking, or limited eating or drinking, causes them to have an illness or disease, the person is not regarded for the purposes of this Act as terminally ill by virtue of the illness or disease.”Member's explanatory statement This amendment clarifies the intended effect of the subsection (namely, excluding from the definition of “terminally ill” any illness or disease caused by the person not eating or drinking, where not eating or drinking occurs as a result of a mental disorder), and expressly provides that the subsection also covers cases of limited eating or drinking.