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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. 256:In page 65, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:“Validity and applicability of advance healthcare directive 58.(1) An advance healthcare directive is not valid if the directive-maker—(a) did not make the directive voluntarily, or (b) while he or she had capacity to do so, has done anything clearly inconsistent with the directive remaining...

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 257:In page 65, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:“Effect of advance healthcare directive 59.(1) A specific refusal of treatment set out in an advance healthcare directive is as effective as if made contemporaneously by the directive-maker when he or she had capacity to make that decision.(2) (a) Nothing in this Part shall be construed as imposing...

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 258:In page 65, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:“Designated healthcare representative 60.(1) (a) Subject to subsection (2), a directive-maker may designate, in his or her advance healthcare directive, a named individual to exercise the relevant powers.(b) If the designated individual agrees to exercise the relevant powers, he or she shall sign 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. 259:In page 65, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “Functions and scope of authority of designated healthcare representatives 61. (1) (a) A designated healthcare representative has, by virtue of this paragraph, the power to ensure that the terms of the advance healthcare directive are complied with. (b) A directive-maker may, in his or her advance...

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 260:In page 65, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:“Role of courts 62.(1) On an application (being an application that does not involve considerations relating to life-sustaining treatment) made to it by any interested party, the court may make a declaration as to whether—(a) an advance healthcare directive is valid, (b) an advance 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. 261:In page 65, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:“Offences 63.(1) A person who uses fraud, coercion or undue influence to force another person to make, alter or revoke an advance healthcare directive shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12...

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 262:In page 65, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:“Codes of practice 64.(1) In this section—“body concerned”, in relation to a person concerned, means the body responsible for hearing complaints about failures to maintain professional standards in respect of the profession practised by the person concerned; “code of...

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 263:In page 65, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:“Persons who may make applications to relevant court under this Part, etc. 65.(1) An application to the relevant court under this Part (other than an application by the directive-maker concerned) shall be made on notice to—(a) the directive-maker, (b) the persons referred to in paragraphs...

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 264:In page 65, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:“Review of this Part 66.The Minister shall cause a review of the functioning of this Part to be carried out before the fifth anniversary of the date of commencement of this Part.”.

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 265:In page 65, lines 34 and 35, to delete all words from and including “(1) The” in line 34 down to and including line 35 and substitute the following:“(1) The Courts Service shall appoint a person to be known as the Director of the Decision Support Service to perform the functions conferred on the Director by this Act.”.

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 266:In page 65, to delete lines 36 to 39 and substitute the following:“(2) The Director shall—(a) be appointed by the Courts Service on the recommendation of the Public Appointments Service after a competition for that purpose under section 47 of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 has been held, and (b) have 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. 267:In page 65, lines 40 and 41, 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: I move amendment No. 268:In page 66, to delete all words from and including “(1) The” in line 5 down to and including line 44, to delete page 67, and in page 68, to delete lines 1 to 7 and substitute the following:“(1) The Director shall have, in addition to the functions assigned to him or her by any other provision of this Act, the following functions:(a) to promote...

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

Kathleen Lynch: The delay is around the unique health identifier. We have to be very careful. Each and every one of us wants to be assured that when something is registered, it is truly on our behalf rather than people making decisions about us. The unique health identifier, which will be rolled out at the end of this year, will make life an awful lot easier in respect of the register. The key point is...

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 272:In page 68, line 9, 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: I move amendment No. 273:In page 68, to delete lines 11 to 16.

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 274:In page 68, to delete lines 17 to 21.

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 275:In page 68, to delete lines 22 to 39.

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 276:In page 68, to delete lines 40 to 43.

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 277:In page 68, between lines 43 and 44, to insert the following: "Investigations by Director"57. (1) The Director may investigate, either on his or her own initiative or in response to a complaint made to him or her by any person, complaints in relation to any action of a decision-making assistant, co-decision-maker, decision-making representative, designated healthcare...