Mental Health Act 2015
211Official visitor’s functions
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211 Official visitor’s functions Without limiting the Official Visitor Act 2012, section 14 (Official visitor functions), an official visitor for a visitable place must enquire into— (a) the adequacy of services provided at the visitable place for the assessment and treatment of people with mental disorder or a mental illness; and (b) the appropriateness and standard of facilities at the visitable place for the recreation, occupation, education, training and rehabilitation of people receiving treatment, care or support for mental disorder or a mental illness; and
(c) the extent to which people receiving treatment, care or support for mental disorder or a mental illness at the visitable place are being provided the best possible treatment, care or support appropriate to their needs in the least possible restrictive environment and least possible intrusive manner consistent with the effective giving of that treatment, care or support; and (d) any other matter that the official visitor considers appropriate.