809. Help available to a Welsh qualifying compulsory patient.

The help available to a Welsh qualifying compulsory patient1 includes help in obtaining information about and understanding:

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    (1)     the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 by virtue of which he is a qualifying compulsory patient2;

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    (2)     any conditions or restrictions to which he is subject by virtue of the Mental Health Act 19833;

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    (3)     what (if any) medical treatment is given to him or is proposed or discussed in his case4;

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    (4)     why it is given, proposed or discussed5;

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    (5)     the authority under which it is, or would be, given6; and

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    (6)     the requirements of the Mental Health

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