Point in time view as at 02/12/2019.
Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Cross Heading: Expiry where failure to admit P within period required is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 05 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
9—(1) If—N.I.
(a)at the time when a report under paragraph 2 is made P is not already an in-patient in the hospital specified in the report, and
(b)at the end of the period allowed for admission P has not been admitted to that hospital,
the expiry of that period is an event which terminates the authorisation.
(2) In this paragraph “the period allowed for admission” means—
(a)two days beginning with the date when the medical report under paragraph 4 was made; or
(b)such longer period, not exceeding 14 days beginning with that date, as a medical practitioner who meets prescribed conditions may (before the end of the period mentioned in head (a)) certify to be necessary because of exceptional circumstances.
(3) A certificate under sub-paragraph (2)(b) must be in the prescribed form and include prescribed information.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 9 in operation at 2.12.2019 for specified purposes by S.R. 2019/163, art. 2(4), Sch. Pt. 4 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.R. 2019/190, art. 2)
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