[130H Independent mental health advocates for Wales: supplementary powers and duties]
Mental Health Act 1983 (1983 c 20) | Legislation

[130H  Independent mental health advocates for Wales: supplementary powers and duties]

[(1)     For the purpose of providing help to a patient in accordance with arrangements made under section 130E, an independent mental health advocate may—

(a)     visit and interview the patient in private;

(b)     visit and interview—

(i)     any person who is professionally concerned with his medical treatment;

(ii)     any other person who falls within a description specified in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers;

(c)     require the production of and inspect any records relating to his detention, treatment or assessment in any hospital or registered establishment or to any after-care services provided for him under section 117 above;

(d)     require the production of and inspect any records of, or held by, a local social services authority which relate to him.

(2)     But an independent mental health advocate is not entitled to the production of, or to inspect, records in reliance on subsection (1)(c) or (d) above unless—

(a)     in a case where the patient has capacity or is competent to consent, he does consent; or

(b)

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