First

Session, 46th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2008

BILL 24

AN ACT TO AMEND THE

MENTAL HEALTH

CARE AND TREATMENT ACT

Received and Read the First Time ...................................................................................................

Second Reading .................................................................................................................................

Committee ............................................................................................................................................

Third Reading .....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent ......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE

ROSS

WISEMAN

Minister of Health and Community Services

Ordered

to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Clauses 1 to 4 of the Bill would

amend the Mental Health Care and

Treatment Act to include a reference to

section 51 which was inadvertently

omitted from some sections of the Act.

The amendment proposed in clause 2 would

also make a change in language so as to be consistent with the other provisions

of the Act.

In clause 4, the Act would be amended

to clarify that there shall be a minimum of 13 members of the Mental Health

Care and Treatment Review Board.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND

TREATMENT ACT

Analysis

S.21 Amdt.

Powers and duties of person apprehending and conveying

2. S.22 Amdt.

Assessment of detained person

3. S.23 Amdt.

No assessment or no admission

S.57 Amdt.

Appointment

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2006 cM-9.1

1. (1) Subsection 21(1) of the Mental Health Care and Treatment Act is amended

by deleting the references "section 18, 19 or 20" and by substituting

the references "section 18, 19, 20 or 51".

(2) Subsection 21(3) of the Act is amended by

deleting the references "section 18, 19 or 20" and by substituting

the references "section 18, 19, 20 or 51".

2. Subsection 22(1) of the Act is amended by

(

a) deleting the references "section 18, 19

or 20" and substituting the references "section 18, 19, 20 or 51";

and

(

b) deleting the word "possible" and

substituting the word "practicable".

3. Subsection 23(1) of the Act is amended by

deleting the references "section 18, 19 or 20" and substituting the

references "section 18, 19, 20 or 51".

4. Subsection 57(1) of the Act is amended by

(

a) inserting the words "a minimum of"

immediately before the number "13"; and

(

b) deleting the words "consist of" and

substituting the word "include".

Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer