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Textual Amendments
F1 Sch. A1 inserted (1.4.2008 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.2009) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12) , ss. 50 , 56 , Sch. 7 ; S.I. 2008/745 , art. 4(a) ; S.I. 2009/139 , art. 2(c) (with art. 3 , Sch. paras. 3 , 4 )
174E+WThis Part applies for the purposes of this Schedule.
175(1) “ Hospital ” means— E+W
(a)an NHS hospital, or
(b)an independent hospital.
(2) “ NHS hospital ” means—
(a)a health service hospital as defined by section 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006 or section 206 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, or
(b)a hospital as defined by section 206 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 vested in a Local Health Board.
[F2(3)Independent hospital”—
(a)in relation to England, means a hospital as defined by section 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006 that is not an NHS hospital; and
(b)in relation to Wales, means a hospital as defined by section 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 that is not an NHS hospital.]F2
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. A1 para. 175(3) substituted (1.10.2010) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments No.2) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/813), art. 17(7)(b)(i)
176(1) “ Managing authority ”, in relation to an NHS hospital, means— E+W
(a)if the hospital—
(i)is vested in the appropriate national authority for the purposes of its functions under the National Health Service Act 2006 or of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, or
(ii)consists of any accommodation provided by a local authority and used as a hospital by or on behalf of the appropriate national authority under either of those Acts,
theF3... F4... Local Health Board or Special Health Authority responsible for the administration of the hospital;
[F5(aa)in relation to England, if the hospital falls within paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) and no Special Health Authority has responsibility for its administration, the Secretary of State;]
(b) if the hospital is vested in a F6 ... National Health Service trust or NHS foundation trust, that trust;
(c)if the hospital is vested in a Local Health Board, that Board.
(2)For this purpose the appropriate national authority is—
(a)in relation to England: the Secretary of State;
(b)in relation to Wales: the National Assembly for Wales;
(c)in relation to England and Wales: the Secretary of State and the National Assembly acting jointly.
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Sch. A1 para. 176(1)(a) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 136(2)(a); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F4Words in Sch. A1 para. 176(1)(a) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 136(2)(b); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F5Sch. A1 para. 176(1)(aa) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 136(2)(c); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F6Words in Sch. A1 para. 176(1)(b) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 136(2)(d); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
[F7177E+W “ Managing authority ”, in relation to an independent hospital, means—
(a)in relation to England, the person registered, or required to be registered, under Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 in respect of regulated activities (within the meaning of that Part) carried on in the hospital, and
(b)in relation to Wales, the person registered, or required to be registered, under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 in respect of the hospital.]F7
Textual Amendments
F7Sch. A1 para. 177 substituted (1.10.2010) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments No.2) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/813), art. 17(7)(b)(ii)
178E+W “ Care home ” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Care Standards Act 2000.
[F8179E+W “ Managing authority ”, in relation to a care home, means—
(a)in relation to England, the person registered, or required to be registered, under Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 in respect of the provision of residential accommodation, together with nursing or personal care, in the care home, and
(b)in relation to Wales, the person registered, or required to be registered, under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 in respect of the care home.]F8
Textual Amendments
F8Sch. A1 para. 179 substituted (1.10.2010) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments No.2) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/813), art. 17(7)(b)(iii)
180(1)The identity of the supervisory body is determined under this paragraph in cases where the relevant hospital is situated in England.E+W
[F9(2)If the relevant person is ordinarily resident in the area of a local authority in England, the supervisory body are that local authority.]
(3)If[F10the relevant person is not ordinarily resident in England and] the National Assembly for Wales or a Local Health Board commission the relevant care or treatment, the National Assembly are the supervisory body.
(4)In any other case, the supervisory body are [F11the local authority] for the area in which the relevant hospital is situated.
[F12(4A)Local authority” means—
(a)the council of a county;
(b)the council of a district for which there is no county council;
(c)the council of a London borough;
(d)the Common Council of the City of London;
(e)the Council of the Isles of Scilly.]
(5)If a hospital is situated in the areas of two (or more) [F13local authorities], it is to be regarded for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) as situated in whichever of the areas the greater (or greatest) part of the hospital is situated.
Textual Amendments
F9Sch. A1 para. 180(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 136(3)(a); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F10Words in Sch. A1 para. 180(3) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 136(3)(b); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F11Words in Sch. A1 para. 180(4) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 136(3)(c); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F12Sch. A1 para. 180(4A) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 136(3)(d); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F13Words in Sch. A1 para. 180(5) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 136(3)(e); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
181(1)The identity of the supervisory body is determined under this paragraph in cases where the relevant hospital is situated in Wales.E+W
(2)The National Assembly for Wales are the supervisory body.
[F14(3)But if the relevant person is ordinarily resident in the area of a local authority in England, the supervisory body are that local authority.
(4) “ Local authority ” means—
(a)the council of a county;
(b)the council of a district for which there is no county council;
(c)the council of a London borough;
(d)the Common Council of the City of London;
(e)the Council of the Isles of Scilly.]
Textual Amendments
F14Sch. A1 para. 181(3)(4) substituted for Sch. A1 para. 181(3) (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) , s. 306(4) , Sch. 5 para. 136(4) ; S.I. 2013/160 , art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9 )
182(1)The identity of the supervisory body is determined under this paragraph in cases where the relevant care home is situated in England or in Wales.E+W
(2)The supervisory body are the local authority for the area in which the relevant person is ordinarily resident.
(3)But if the relevant person is not ordinarily resident in the area of a local authority, the supervisory body are the local authority for the area in which the care home is situated.
(4) In relation to England “ local authority ” means—
(a)the council of a county;
(b)the council of a district for which there is no county council;
(c)the council of a London borough;
(d)the Common Council of the City of London;
(e)the Council of the Isles of Scilly.
(5) In relation to Wales “ local authority ” means the council of a county or county borough.
(6)If a care home is situated in the areas of two (or more) local authorities, it is to be regarded for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) as situated in whichever of the areas the greater (or greatest) part of the care home is situated.
Textual Amendments
F15Sch. A1 para. 183 heading inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 136(5); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
183(1)Subsections (5) and (6) of section 24 of the National Assistance Act 1948 (deemed place of ordinary residence) apply to any determination of where a person is ordinarily resident for the purposes of [F16paragraphs 180, 181 and] 182 as those subsections apply to such a determination for the purposes specified in those subsections.E+W
(2)In the application of section 24(6) of the 1948 Act by virtue of sub–paragraph (1)[F17to any determination of where a person is ordinarily resident for the purposes of paragraph 182], section 24(6) is to be read as if it referred to a hospital vested in a Local Health Board as well as to hospitals vested in the Secretary of State and the other bodies mentioned in section 24(6).
(3)Any question arising as to the ordinary residence of a person is to be determined by the Secretary of State or by the National Assembly for Wales.
(4)The Secretary of State and the National Assembly must make and publish arrangements for determining which cases are to be dealt with by the Secretary of State and which are to be dealt with by the National Assembly.
(5)Those arrangements may include provision for the Secretary of State and the National Assembly to agree, in relation to any question that has arisen, which of them is to deal with the case.
(6)Regulations may make provision about arrangements that are to have effect before, upon, or after the determination of any question as to the ordinary residence of a person.
(7)The regulations may, in particular, authorise or require a local authority to do any or all of the following things—
(a)to act as supervisory body even though it may wish to dispute that it is the supervisory body;
(b)to become the supervisory body in place of another local authority;
(c)to recover from another local authority expenditure incurred in exercising functions as the supervisory body.
Textual Amendments
F16Words in Sch. A1 para. 183(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 136(6)(a); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F17Words in Sch. A1 para. 183(2) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 136(6)(b); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
184(1)This paragraph applies if, in connection with a particular person's detention as a resident in a hospital or care home, the same body are both—E+W
(a)the managing authority of the relevant hospital or care home, and
(b)the supervisory body.
(2)The fact that a single body are acting in both capacities does not prevent the body from carrying out functions under this Schedule in each capacity.
(3)But, in such a case, this Schedule has effect subject to any modifications contained in regulations that may be made for this purpose.
185E+WEach of the following is an interested person—
(a)the relevant person's spouse or civil partner;
[F18(b)where the relevant person and another person are not married to each other, nor in a civil partnership with each other, but are living together as if they were a married couple: that other person;]
(d)the relevant person's children and step-children;
(e)the relevant person's parents and step-parents;
(f)the relevant person's brothers and sisters, half-brothers and half-sisters, and stepbrothers and stepsisters;
(g)the relevant person's grandparents;
(h)a deputy appointed for the relevant person by the court;
(i)a donee of a lasting power of attorney granted by the relevant person.
Textual Amendments
F18 Sch. A1 paragraph 185(b) substituted for Sch. A1 paragraph 185(b)(c) (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/560), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 30
186(1)An interested person consulted by the best interests assessor is any person whose name is stated in the relevant best interests assessment in accordance with paragraph 40 (interested persons whom the assessor consulted in carrying out the assessment).E+W
(2)The relevant best interests assessment is the most recent best interests assessment carried out in connection with the standard authorisation in question (whether the assessment was carried out under Part 4 or Part 8).
187E+WWhere this Schedule imposes on a person a duty towards an interested person, the duty does not apply if the person on whom the duty is imposed—
(a)is not aware of the interested person's identity or of a way of contacting him, and
(b)cannot reasonably ascertain it.
188E+WThe following table contains an index of provisions defining or otherwise explaining expressions used in this Schedule—
age assessment | paragraph 34 |
age requirement | paragraph 13 |
age review assessment | paragraph 112(3) |
appointment regulations | paragraph 138 |
assessment under this Schedule | paragraph 127 |
assessor (except in Part 9) | paragraph 33 |
assessor (in Part 9) | paragraphs 33 and 128 |
authorisation under this Schedule | paragraph 10 |
best interests (determination of) | section 4 |
best interests assessment | paragraph 38 |
best interests requirement | paragraph 16 |
best interests review assessment | paragraph 112(6) |
care home | paragraph 178 |
change of reason ground | paragraph 106 |
complete (in relation to a review of a standard authorisation) | paragraph 118 |
deprivation of a person's liberty | section 64(5) and (6) |
deputy | section 16(2)(b) |
detained resident | paragraph 6 |
disposed of (in relation to a request for a standard authorisation) | paragraph 66 |
eligibility assessment | paragraph 46 |
eligibility requirement | paragraph 17 |
eligibility review assessment | paragraph 112(7) |
eligible person (in relation to paragraphs 68 to 73) | paragraph 68 |
eligible person (in relation to Part 8) | paragraph 102(3) |
expiry (in relation to an existing authorisation) | paragraph 125(b) |
existing authorisation (in Part 8) | paragraph 125(a) |
hospital | paragraph 175 |
IMCA | paragraph 158 |
in force (in relation to a standard authorisation) | paragraphs 63 and 64 |
in force (in relation to an urgent authorisation) | paragraphs 88 and 89 |
ineligible (in relation to the eligibility requirement) | Schedule 1A |
interested person | paragraph 185 |
interested person consulted by the best interests assessor | paragraph 186 |
lack of capacity | section 2 |
lasting power of attorney | section 9 |
managing authority (in relation to a care home) | paragraph 179 |
managing authority (in relation to a hospital) | paragraph 176 or 177 |
maximum authorisation period | paragraph 42 |
mental capacity assessment | paragraph 37 |
mental capacity requirement | paragraph 15 |
mental capacity review assessment | paragraph 112(5) |
mental health assessment | paragraph 35 |
mental health requirement | paragraph 14 |
mental health review assessment | paragraph 112(4) |
negative conclusion | paragraph 112(2)(a) |
new supervisory body | paragraph 99(b) |
no refusals assessment | paragraph 48 |
no refusals requirement | paragraph 18 |
no refusals review assessment | paragraph 112(8) |
non-qualification ground | paragraph 105 |
old supervisory body | paragraph 99(a) |
positive conclusion | paragraph 112(2)(b) |
purpose of a standard authorisation | paragraph 11(1) |
purpose of an urgent authorisation | paragraph 11(2) |
qualifying requirements | paragraph 12 |
refusal (for the purposes of the no refusals requirement) | paragraphs 19 and 20 |
relevant care or treatment | paragraph 7 |
relevant hospital or care home | paragraph 7 |
relevant managing authority | paragraph 26(4) |
relevant person | paragraph 7 |
relevant person's representative | paragraph 137 |
relevant procedure | paragraph 128 |
review assessment | paragraph 112(1) |
reviewable | paragraph 104 |
section 39A IMCA | paragraph 155 |
section 39C IMCA | paragraph 156 |
section 39D IMCA | paragraph 157 |
standard authorisation | paragraph 8 |
supervisory body (except in Part 9) | paragraph 180, 181 or 182 |
supervisory body (in Part 9) | paragraph 128 and paragraph 180, 181 or 182 |
unauthorised deprivation of liberty (in relation to paragraphs 68 to 73) | paragraph 67 |
urgent authorisation | paragraph 9 |
variation of conditions ground | paragraph 107] |
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