Sentencing people with cognitive or mental health impairments
Reference received: 26 April 2007
New terms of reference issued: 17 September 2007
Terms of reference (Reference 120)
Pursuant to s 10 of the Law Reform Commission Act 1967, the Law Reform Commission is to undertake a general review of the criminal law and procedure applying to people with cognitive and mental health impairments, with particular regard to:
- s 32 and s 33 of the Mental Health (Criminal Procedure) Act 1990
- fitness to be tried
- the defence of "mental illness"
- the consequences of being dealt with via the above mechanisms on the operation of Part 10 of the Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000, and
- sentencing.