Part 12 Mental Health Treatment Requirement
Sentencing Act 2020 (2020 c 17) | Legislation

Part 12 Mental Health Treatment Requirement

Mental health treatment requirement

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(1)     In this Code “mental health treatment requirementâ€, in relation to a youth rehabilitation order, means a requirement that the offender must submit, during a particular period or particular periods, to mental health treatment, which may be—

(a)     in-patient treatment,

(b)     institution-based out-patient treatment, or

(c)     practitioner-based treatment.

(2)     For this purpose—

“mental health treatmentâ€, in relation to an offender, means treatment which is—

(a)     by or under the direction of a registered medical practitioner or registered psychologist, and

(b)     with a view to improvement of the offender's mental condition;

“in-patient treatment†means treatment as a resident patient in—

(a)     a care home,

(b)     an independent hospital, or

(c)     a hospital within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1983,
but not in hospital premises where high security psychiatric services are provided;

“institution-based out-patient treatment†means treatment as a non-resident patient at a particular institution or place;

“practitioner-based treatment†means treatment by or under the direction of a particular registered medical practitioner or registered psychologist (or both).

(3)     A youth rehabilitation order which imposes a mental health treatment requirement must specify—

(a)     the

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