HC Deb 10 May 1983 vol 42 c766

Amendment made [First Scottish Standing Committee, 14 April]: No. 100, in page 2, line 35, leave out from `(2)' to end of line 39 and insert 'after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— "(bb) in any case where—

  1. (i) the authority for the detention of a patient
    1. (A) has been renewed for a period of one or two years under section 39(2)(b) of this act; and
    2. (B) is renewed for a further period on one year under that section; and
  2. (ii) the patient has not, during the period referred to in subparagraph (i)(A) of this paragraph—
    1. (A) appealed to the sheriff under section 39(7) of this Act; or
    2. (B) been visited by the Mental Welfare Commission under paragraph (b) of this subsection,
to visit the patient before the expiry of the period of one year referred to in sub-paragraph (i)(B) of this paragraph, unless the patient has previously been discharged;".'. Amendment to the amendment made: (a), at end insert '", and on any such visit to afford an opportunity on request, for private interview to any such patient;".'. —[Mr. John MacKay.]

Further amendment made: No. 2, in page 3, line 23, leave out `to whom section 60E of this Act applies' and insert 'mentioned in section 60E(1) or (2) of this Act' .—[Mr. John MacKay.]

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