Textual Amendments
F1 Sch. A1 inserted (1.4.2008 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.2009) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12) , ss. 50 , 56 , Sch. 7 ; S.I. 2008/745 , art. 4(a) ; S.I. 2009/139 , art. 2(c) (with art. 3 , Sch. paras. 3 , 4 )
46E+WAn eligibility assessment is an assessment of whether the relevant person meets the eligibility requirement.
47(1)Regulations may—E+W
(a)require an eligibility assessor to request a best interests assessor to provide relevant eligibility information, and
(b)require the best interests assessor, if such a request is made, to provide such relevant eligibility information as he may have.
(2)In this paragraph—
“best interests assessor” means any person who is carrying out, or has carried out, a best interests assessment in relation to the relevant person;
“eligibility assessor” means a person carrying out an eligibility assessment in relation to the relevant person;
“relevant eligibility information” is information relevant to assessing whether or not the relevant person is ineligible by virtue of paragraph 5 of Schedule 1A.]