The Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Consent to Treatment) Amendment Regulations 1998

Amendment of the Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Consent to Treatment) Regulations 1983

2.—(1) In the Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Consent to Treatment) Regulations 1983(1), in Schedule 1, form 13 (record for the purposes of the Mental Health Act 1983, section 5(4)) is amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) After the second paragraph lettered (a), insert—

“OR

(aa) in Part 4 (second level nurse trained in the nursing of persons suffering from mental illness (England and Wales));.”

(3) After the second paragraph lettered (b), insert—

“OR

(bb) in Part 6 (second level nurse trained in the nursing of persons suffering from learning disabilities (England and Wales));.”

(4) In each of—

(a) the second paragraph lettered (b); and

(b) paragraph (d)(2),

for “mental handicap” substitute “learning disabilities”.

(1)

S.I. 1983/893; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1993/2156.

(2)

Paragraph (d) was added by S.I. 1993/2156.