**** Cabinet endorses Bills **** The National Executive Council has endorsed the tabling of several bills in relation to mental health in the next Parliament session. Prime Minister Hon. Peter O’Neill said in statement the bills include the tabling of the Mental Health Bill 2014, Public Health (amendment) Bill 2014 and Criminal Code (amendment) Bill 2014. Prime Minister Hon. Peter O’Neill said initially the NEC approved the drafting instructions of the Mental Health Bill 2014 and directed the First Legislative Counsel to draft the bill. In the course of drafting the Mental Health Bill 2014, the First Legislative Counsel realised that there would need to be consequential amendments to the Criminal Code Act (Chapter 262) and the Public Health Act (Chapter 226) to be done separately, although these amendments were included in the Mental Health Bill 2014 and the policy submission that accompanied that bill, he said. Prime Minister Hon. Peter O’Neill said the State Solicitor has issued the certificate of compliance for the enactment of the Mental Health Bill 2014 and the consequential amendments to the Public Health Act and the Criminal Code Act. This is the reason for the inclusion of the consequential amendments in this submission for the Cabinet’s approval of tabling the principal bill and the consequential amendments together in the next session of Parliament, he said.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 23:21:23 +0000
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