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8. Unless the patient requests otherwise, where—
(a)a patient’s detention is renewed pursuant to a report furnished under section 20 (duration of authority), the managers of the responsible hospital must take such steps as are reasonably practicable to cause the person (if any) appearing to them to be the patient’s nearest relative to be informed of that renewal as soon as practicable following their decision not to discharge the patient;
(b)by virtue of section 21B(7) (patients who are taken into custody or return after more than 28 days) a patient’s detention is renewed pursuant to a report furnished under section 21B(2), the managers of the responsible hospital in which the patient is liable to be detained must take such steps as are reasonably practicable to cause the person (if any) appearing to them to be the patient’s nearest relative to be informed of that renewal as soon as practicable following their decision not to discharge the patient;
(c)by virtue of section 21B(5) and (6) (patients who are taken into custody or return after more than 28 days), a patient’s detention is renewed retrospectively pursuant to a report furnished under section 21B(2), the managers of the hospital in which the patient is liable to be detained must take such steps as are reasonably practicable to cause the person (if any) appearing to them to be the patient’s nearest relative to be informed of that renewal as soon as practicable following their receipt of that report.
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