View source for Mental Health (Discrimination) Bill 2010

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|Year=2010
|Subject=Bill
|Summary=This Private Member's Bill, introduced by Lord Stevenson, received its first reading on 6/4/11. If enacted it would: (1) Repeal [[s141]] MHA 1983 so that the seat of an MP is no longer vacated upon long-term detention under the Act; (2) amend the Juries Act 1974 so that (in addition to the existing category of those lacking capacity) only those liable to be detained under the MHA are excluded from jury service (see [[jury service]] page for current provisions); (3) amend the Companies (Model Articles) Regulations 2008 so that a person no longer ceases to be a director when 'by reason of that person’s mental health, a court makes an order which wholly or partly prevents that person from personally exercising any powers or rights which that person would otherwise have'; (4) amend the School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2007 so it is no longer the case that '[a] person is disqualified from holding or from continuing to hold office as a governor of a school at any time when he is detained under the Mental Health Act 1983'. See [[Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill 2012]].
|External links=[https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/856 Parliament website: 'Mental Health (Discrimination) Bill 2010-11' page]

[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/text/111125-0002.htm Second Reading of Bill, Hansard HL Deb, 25 November 2011, col 1283]

[https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/287644/End-mental-health-injustice Daily Express, 'End mental health injustice' (editorial, 4/12/11)]
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