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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Mental Health
Made
21st July 2020
Coming into force
10th August 2020
1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Health (Nurses, Guardianship, Consent to Treatment and Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation on 10th August 2020.
(2) In these Regulations-
"the principal Regulations" means the Mental Health (Nurses, Guardianship, Consent to Treatment and Prescribed Forms) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986(3).
2. In the Schedule to the principal Regulations, for Form 10 and Form 23 there shall be substituted Form 10 and Form 23 in the Schedule.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 21st July 2020.
(L.S.)
Mark Lee
A senior officer of the Department of Health.
Regulation 2
| Form | Title |
|---|---|
| Form 10 | Medical Report for Detention for Treatment |
| Form 23 | Certificate of second opinion |
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Mental Health (Nurses, Guardianship, Consent to Treatment and Prescribed Forms) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986 prescribes the forms (which are laid out in the Schedule) to be used under the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.
For detentions for treatment a medical report is required, using the prescribed Form 10. For certain treatments a second opinion is required, using the prescribed Form 23.
These Regulations substitute new Form 10 and 23.
2016 c. 5 (N.I.) s.1(5)
S.R. 1986 No. 174, the relevant amending rules are S.R. 1992 No. 44, S.R. 1994 No. 65 and S.R. 1994 No. 349