11InvestigationsS
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(1)If it appears to the Commission that any of the circumstances mentioned in subsection (2) below apply in respect of a patient, the Commission may—
(a)carry out such investigation as it considers appropriate into the patient’s case; and
(b)make such recommendations as it considers appropriate as respects the case.
(2)Those circumstances are—
(a)that the patient may be unlawfully detained in hospital;
(b)that the patient is detained in hospital and the detention is authorised by virtue of—
(i)this Act; or
(ii)the 1995 Act;
(c)that the patient, though not detained in hospital, is subject to—
(i)a compulsory treatment order;
(ii)an interim compulsory treatment order;
(iii)an emergency detention certificate;
(iv)a short-term detention certificate;
(v)a compulsion order;
(vi)an interim compulsion order;
(vii)an assessment order;
(viii)a treatment order;
(ix)a hospital direction; or
(x)a transfer for treatment direction;
(d)that the patient may be, or may have been, subject, or exposed, to—
(i)ill-treatment;
(ii)neglect; or
(iii)some other deficiency in care or treatment;
(e)that, because of the mental disorder, the patient’s property—
(i)may be suffering, or may have suffered, loss or damage; or
(ii)may be, or may have been, at risk of suffering loss or damage;
(f)that the patient may be—
(i)living alone or without care; and
(ii)unable to look after himself or his property or financial affairs.