Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010

1. Introduction

2. Commentary on Sections

   1. Section 1 – Meaning of “local mental health partners”

   2. Section 2 – Joint schemes for the provision of local primary mental health support services

   3. Section 3 – Duty to provide local primary mental health support services

   4. Section 4 – Failure to agree schemes

   5. Section 5 – Meaning of “local primary mental health support services”

   6. Sections 6 to 8 – Duties to carry out primary mental health assessments (various)

   7. Section 9 – Conduct of primary mental health assessments

   8. Section 10 – Action following a primary mental health assessment

   9. Section 11 – Inclusion of schemes under this Part in Children and Young People’s plans

   10. Section 12 – Meaning of “relevant patient”

   11. Section 13 – Meaning of “mental health service provider”

   12. Section 14 – Duty to appoint care coordinator for a relevant patient

   13. Section 15 – Identification of the relevant mental health service provider for a relevant patient

   14. Section 16 – Further provision about the appointment of care coordinators

   15. Section 17 – Duty to coordinate provision of mental health services

   16. Section 18 – Functions of the care coordinator

   17. Section 19 – Arrangements for assessment of former users of secondary mental health services

   18. Section 20 – Duty to carry out assessments

   19. Section 21 – Failure to agree arrangements

   20. Section 22 – Entitlement to assessment

   21. Section 23 – Assessments: the relevant discharge period

   22. Section 24 – Provision of information about assessments

   23. Section 25 – Purpose of assessment

   24. Section 26 – Assessments: further provision

   25. Section 27 – Action following an assessment

   26. Section 28 – Referrals relating to housing or well-being services

   27. Section 29 – Determination of usual residence

   28. Section 30 – Application of this Part to persons under local authority guardianship

   29. Part 4: Mental health advocacy

   30. Section 31 – Independent mental health advocates: Wales

   31. Section 32 – Further provision about independent mental health advocacy for Welsh qualifying compulsory patients

   32. Section 33 – Further provision about independent mental health advocacy for Welsh qualifying informal patients

   33. Section 34 – Independent mental health advocates: supplementary powers and duties

   34. Section 35 – Welsh qualifying compulsory patients

   35. Section 36 – Welsh qualifying informal patients

   36. Section 37 – Duty to give information about independent mental health advocates to Welsh qualifying compulsory patients

   37. Section 38 – Duty to give information about independent mental health advocates to Welsh qualifying informal patients

   38. Section 39 – Application of the Mental Health Act 1983 code of practice to Welsh independent mental health advocates

   39. Section 40 – Procedures for making regulations under the Mental Health Act 1983

   40. Section 41 – Cooperative and joint working between Local Health Boards and local authorities

   41. Section 42 – Information sharing

   42. Section 43 – Amendment of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970

   43. Section 44 – Codes of Practice

   44. Section 45 – Part 1: power to secure regional provision

   45. Section 46 – Part 3: power to secure regional provision

   46. Section 47 – Regulations as to the individuals who may carry out mental health assessments and act as care coordinators

   47. Section 48 – Duty to review the Measure

   48. Section 49 – Meaning of secondary mental health services

   49. Section 50 – Meaning of housing or well-being services

   50. Section 51 – General interpretation

   51. Section 52 – Orders and regulations

   52. Section 53 – Consequential etc amendments

   53. Section 54 – Repeals

   54. Section 55 – Commencement

   55. Section 56 – Short title

   56. Schedule 1

   57. Schedule 2

3. Record of Proceedings in the National Assembly for Wales