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Mental Health Act 2013
137Parents of child patients to be given same information as patients
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137 Parents of child patients to be given same information as patients
(1) A person who is required to give a patient a notice or other document under this Act must, if the patient is a child and the patient does not object, also give a copy of the notice or document to a parent of the patient at the same time.
(2) To avoid doubt, for subsection (1) the giving of the notice or document to one parent is sufficient.