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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 170:In page 41, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following:"(2) A decision-making representative for a relevant person shall not have authority to make decisions on behalf of a relevant person other than those specified in the decision-making representation order.".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 171:In page 42, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:"(4) Where there is both a decision-making representative and a designated healthcare representative for a relevant person—(a) the decision-making representative shall not exercise any relevant powers of the designated healthcare representative which are exercisable by the designated healthcare...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 172:In page 42, line 14, after “treatment” to insert “or consent to the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment”.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 174:In page 42, line 16, after "unless" to insert "there are exceptional emergency circumstances and".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 175:In page 42, line 21, after "prevent" to insert "an imminent risk of serious".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 176:In page 42, line 30, before "restricts" to insert "intentionally".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 177:In page 42, line 30, to delete "movement" and substitute "voluntary movement or behaviour".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 179:In page 42, to delete lines 34 to 38 and substitute the following:"(7) A decision-making representative for a relevant person who restrains the relevant person pursuant to this section shall cease the restraint immediately upon the restraint no longer being necessary in order to prevent an imminent risk of serious harm to the relevant person or to another person.".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 180:In page 42, between lines 41 and 42, to insert the following:"(9) The Director shall establish and maintain a register of decision-making representation orders.".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 181:In page 43, line 23, after "may" to insert "be made to the court at any time by the relevant person or". The proposed amendments remove the requirement that the person with capacity difficulties must have the consent of the court to seek a review of a declaration of incapacity. Instead, the amendment would allow the person with capacity difficulties to seek the...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 182:In page 43, line 24, to delete "be made to the court at any time".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 183:In page 43, line 25, to delete "paragraphs (a)" and substitute "paragraphs (b)".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 184:In page 43, line 34, to delete "last reviewed" and substitute "made or last reviewed, as appropriate,".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 185:In page 44, lines 4 and 5, to delete "decision-making representative order" and substitute "decision-making representation order".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 186:In page 44, line 31, after "professionals" to insert ", or other relevant experts,". This amendment would broaden the categories of a person from whom a court would seek expert reports on a person with capacity difficulties so the assessment of a person's capacity would not be based exclusively on a medical model. The expert could be a social worker, social care...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 187:In page 44, line 39, to delete "Public Guardian" and substitute "Director".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: That is something on which we are working. It is our intention to bring in amendments on Report Stage for legal aid.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 189:In page 45, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: "PART 5* WARDSDefinitions — Part 533. In this Part—"ward" means a relevant person in the wardship of a wardship court; "wardship court" means the High Court or Circuit Court exercising its jurisdiction under this Part and, in relation to a ward, means that court which made the order by...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: We are looking at a process. There may well be wards who are ready to have themselves discharged as soon as the Bill is enacted. We are making it a three year period because there will be others who will need a longer timeframe. I would hate to think we would be back here in a year's time with the Courts Service telling us that we had introduced a measure that was completely unrealistic...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 190:In page 45, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“Review of capacity of wards who are adults34. (1) An application for the review of the capacity of a ward who has attained the age of 18 years by the date of commencement of this Part may, with the consent of the wardship court, be made to the wardship court at any time by—(a) the ward, or...