Practice Directions

Practice Directions

The Tribunal has issued the following Practice Directions:

General

• General No. 1 - Procedural Matters
• General No. 2 - Dissenting Opinions
• General No. 3 - Constitution of Hearing Panels where no Psychiatrist Member is Available
• General No. 4 - Student Observations at Mental Health Review Tribunal Hearings
• General No. 5 - Publications of Official Reports
• General No. 6 - Access to Audio Recordings
• General No. 7 - Issuing a Summons Under s157
• General No. 8 - Application for Consent of Tribunal to Publication of Names

Civil and Mental Health Inquiries

• Civil No. 1 - Community Treatment Orders

Forensic:

• Forensic No. 1 – Procedures and Time Frames: Forensic Patients
• Forensic No. 2 – Procedures Limiting Term and Extension Orders
• Forensic No. 3 – Notification to the Minister for Health and the Attorney General
• Forensic No. 4 – The Participation of Victims in Tribunal Reviews
• Forensic No. 5 – Applications for Travel Review for Tribunal Orders
• Forensic No. 6 – Review of Correctional Patients
• Forensic No. 7 – Forensic Community Treatment Orders
• Forensic No. 8 – Detaining Forensic Patients under the Mental Health Act 2007
• Forensic No. 9 – Approval of Change of Name by Forensic Patient