A Bill to amend the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 to provide that a person who dies while deprived of their liberty under Schedule A1 to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 shall not be considered to have died while in custody or otherwise in state detention for the purposes of section 1 of the 2009 Act; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
12 May 2016
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This bill changes the law so that deaths of people who are deprived of their liberty under the Mental Capacity Act 2005’s deprivation of liberty safeguards are not treated as 'deaths in custody' for the purposes of the coroner’s investigations under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. In practice, such deaths would not automatically trigger a coroner’s inquest under section 1 of that Act. It aims to clarify when coroner investigations should apply in these cases.
The bill is at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons and has not yet progressed to committee stage or Lords.
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10 Nov 2015
The 2015-16 session of Parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress.
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 11 November 2015. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
