HC Deb 23 June 1960 vol 625 cc747-8

Amendment made: In page 33, line 8, after "relative", insert "(including the nearest relative)".—[Mr. Galbraith.]

Mr. Galbraith

I beg to move, in page 33, line 25, at the end to insert: (c) where the application is made by the nearest relative of the patient, that he is unwilling or considers it undesirable to continue to act as such. The effect of the Amendment is to enable the nearest relative of a patient to apply to the sheriff for an order appointing somebody else to act as nearest relative where he is unwilling or considers it undesirable to continue to act himself in this capacity. It meets an undertaking which I gave in Committee

Amendment agreed to.