Moved by
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
228F: After Clause 145, insert the following new Clause—
“Coroners’ investigations into deaths: meaning of “state detention”
(1) Section 48 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (interpretation of Part 1: general) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1), in the definition of “state detention”, after “subsection (2)” insert “(read with subsection (2A))”.
(3) In subsection (2), at the beginning insert “Subject to subsection (2A),”.
(4) After subsection (2) insert—
“(2A) But a person is not in state detention at any time when he or she is deprived of liberty under section 4A(3) or (5) or 4B of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.””
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