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Mental Health Bill [Lords]

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: amendment No. 93, page 5, line 37, at end insert— ‘( ) In subsection (3), leave out from end of paragraph (b) to end of subsection and insert— ““(3A) Where a report under subsection (3) above is furnished in respect of a patient the managers shall arrange for an approved clinician who is a member of a different profession to that of the responsible clinician to examine the patient; (3B) If it appears to him that the conditions set out in subsection (4) below are satisfied the approved clinician shall furnish to the managers of the hospital where the patient is detained a report to that effect in the prescribed form and where such a report is furnished in respect of a patient the managers shall, unless they discharge the patient, cause him to be informed.””.’. Government amendments Nos. 6 to 9. Amendment No. 73, in clause 13, page 9, line 38, at end insert— ‘(3) In section 72 (powers of tribunals) after subsection (1) insert— ““(1A) In determining whether they are not satisfied that a patient is suffering from mental disorder of the requisite nature or degree for the purposes of subsections (1)(a)(i), (1)(b)(i), (1)(c)(i) or (4)(a) a tribunal must hear evidence from a registered medical practitioner approved for the purposes of section 12 of this Act or, in an appropriate case, from a chartered clinical psychologist.””.’. Amendment No. 95, in clause 22, page 14, line 23, at end insert— ‘(c) an approved clinician shall not make a report for the purposes of renewal of detention under section 20’. Government amendments No. 13, 15, 35, 38, 40, 44, 47 and 48.