Part 1Persons who lack capacity
Excluded decisions
28Mental Health Act matters
1
Nothing in this Act authorises anyone—
a
to give a patient medical treatment for mental disorder, or
b
to consent to a patient’s being given medical treatment for mental disorder,
if, at the time when it is proposed to treat the patient, his treatment is regulated by Part 4 of the Mental Health Act.
2
“Medical treatment”, “mental disorder” and “patient” have the same meaning as in that Act.