
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
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