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Clause 13

of Law Enforcement and Other Matters Bill

Clause 13

Amendment of Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008

In the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008, in section 7 —

(a)

in subsection (1), replace “any person believed to be dangerous to himself or herself or other persons and such danger is reasonably suspected to be attributable to a mental disorder and take the person” with “any person (“P”) where the police officer or special police officer believes that P may endanger P’s or any other person’s life or personal safety, and P’s conduct is reasonably suspected to be attributable to a mental disorder, and take P’’; and

(b)

in subsection (2), replace paragraph (a) with —“(a)a police officer’s or special police officer’s reasonable belief that P is endangering P’s life or personal safety is sufficient basis for the police officer’s or special police officer’s reasonable suspicion that P’s conduct is attributable to a mental disorder;

(aa)it is sufficient that the danger to life or personal safety is only reasonably likely to occur and need not be imminent, and actual harm is not required; and”.

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