SCHEDULE 9 Community Orders and Suspended Sentence Orders: Requirements | Part 9 | Mental Health Treatment Requirement | Sentencing Act 2020 C17

Part 9 Mental Health Treatment Requirement

Sentencing Act 2020 (2020 c 17) | Legislation

Part 9 Mental Health Treatment Requirement

Requirement

(1) In this Code “mental health treatment requirement”, in relation to a relevant order, means a requirement that the offender must submit, during a particular period or particular periods, to mental health treatment, which may be—

(a) in-patient treatment,

(b) institution-based out-patient treatment, or

(2) For this purpose—

“mental health treatment”, in relation to an offender, means treatment which is—

(a) by or under the direction of a registered medical practitioner or registered psychologist, and

(b) with a view to improvement of the offender's mental condition;

“in-patient treatment” means treatment as a resident patient in—

(a) a care home,

(b) an independent hospital, or

(c) a hospital within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1983,
but not in hospital premises where high security psychiatric services are provided;

“institution-based out-patient treatment” means treatment as a non-resident patient at a particular institution or place;

“practitioner-based treatment” means treatment by or under the direction of a particular registered medical practitioner or registered psychologist (or both).

(3) A relevant order which imposes a mental health treatment requirement must specify—

(a) the period or periods during