UKlawyers Archive of General Materials - March 2006

Materials published by us on 23 March 2006

 Video Games Bill
1 March 2006
Next reading: 12 May 2006
Keith Vaz (Lab, Leicester East) introduced a ten-minute rule
motion on the Video Games Bill in the Commons.  The Bill aims to
amend the Video Recordings Act of 984, by extending certain
provisions of the Act to video games and aims to make provision
about the labelling of video games.
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Materials published by us on 16 March 2006

Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice Consultation
DCA Press Release
9 March 2006
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Significant changes to law and how care is provided to people
lacking mental capacity are set out in a draft Code of Practice
published for public consultation today.  The Mental Capacity Act
2005 provides for the first time a legal framework and clear
safeguards for acting and making decisions on behalf of people who
are unable to do so for themselves, and for those wishing to make
provision in the event they lack capacity themselves in the
future. The provisions are due to come into effect around April
2007

Materials published by us on 9 March 2006

Mental Health - Funding For Transfer to Different Hospital

Regina (K) v West London Mental NHS Trust [2006] EWCA Civ 118
CA
22 February 2006
Daily Law Notes Report Summary
A mental health trust was not obliged to fund a placement for
trial leave which a patient's registered medical officer had
decided under s 17 of the Mental Health Act 1983 was clinically
appropriate. The opinion of a registered medical officer on a
matter of clinical judgment was not binding on the Secretary of
State for Health (or his delegate) performing functions under s 3
of the National Health Service Act 1977.