Mental Health Act 2015
161What ACAT must take into account—emergency
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161 What ACAT must take into account—emergency electroconvulsive therapy order In making an emergency electroconvulsive therapy order in relation to a person, the ACAT must take into account the following: (a) the views and wishes of the person, so far as they can be found (b) the views of the people appearing at the proceeding;
Emergency electroconvulsive therapy orders Division 9.2.3 (c) the views of the following, so far as those views are made known to the ACAT: (i) the people responsible for the day-to-day care of the (ii) if the person is under 18 years old—each person with parental responsibility for the person under the Children and Young People Act 2008, division 1.3.2 (Parental responsibility); support of the person—the health attorney. Note Section 188 (Notice of hearing) does not apply in relation to the making of an emergency electroconvulsive therapy order (see s 188 (3)).