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Enacted Seanad
No. 98 of 2018

Mental Health (Renewal Orders) Bill 2018

Public bill · Government · Presented

The changes would let existing involuntary mental health detention orders be replaced with new orders under updated rules, and cut the longest possible renewal period from 12 months to 6 months. It would also give a person, or their representative, a new right to ask for a tribunal review after 3 months if the renewal order lasts longer than 3 months, so the tribunal can check whether the person still has a mental disorder. The point is to fix a constitutional problem, give people a faster way to challenge continued detention, and keep the law valid for treatment and detention in these cases.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to permit unexpired renewal orders to be replaced by new orders made under this Act; to provide that such new orders shall take effect as if they were renewal orders made under section 15(3) of the Mental Health Act 2001 as amended by this Act; to amend section 15 of the Mental Health Act 2001 to provide that the maximum period of detention for a patient which may be provided for in a renewal order made under that section is 6 months; to provide that the patient, or his or her legal representative, has a right, in the case of a renewal order made for a period exceeding 3 months and in addition to any other right of review under the Mental Health Act 2001, to apply, not earlier than 3 months from the date on which the renewal order was made, for such renewal order to be reviewed by a tribunal in order for the tribunal to satisfy itself whether or not such patient is suffering from a mental disorder; to make consequential amendments to certain other provisions of the Mental Health Act 2001; and to provide for related matters.

Last updated 1 April 2019

Sponsor
  • Minister for Health Primary
Progress
  • First Stage
    Seanad
  • Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Committee Stage
    Seanad
  • Report Stage
    Seanad
  • Fifth Stage
    Seanad
  • Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Committee Stage
    Dáil
  • Report Stage
    Dáil
  • Fifth Stage
    Dáil Enacted
  • Cream List
    Seanad Enacted
  • Enacted
    Enacted
Debates
  • Mental Health (Renewal Orders) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages
    Seanad
  • Mental Health (Renewal Orders) Bill 2018: Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Mental Health (Renewal Orders) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages
    Dáil
  • Mental Health (Renewal Orders) Bill 2018: Order for Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Mental Health (Renewal Orders) Bill 2018: Second and Subsequent Stages
    Seanad

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