Legislation – Mental Health Act 2025
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Treatment
19Remote assessment for treatment
(1)
Section 119 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (practitioners approved for Part 4 and section 118) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (2)(a), for the first “and” substitute “or”
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(3)
“(2A)
A person authorised by subsection (2) to carry out an interview or examination may, to the extent that they consider appropriate, carry it out—
(a)
by live audio link, or
(b)
by live video link.”
(4)
““live audio link”, in relation to the carrying out of an interview or examination, means a live telephone link or other arrangement which enables the patient and the person carrying out the interview or examination to hear one another;
“live video link”, in relation to the carrying out of an interview or examination, means a live television link or other arrangement which enables the patient and the person carrying out the interview or examination to see and hear one another;”.