[F1Determining ineligibilityE+W
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1A inserted (1.4.2009) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 50, 56, Sch. 8 (with s. 50(8)-(13)); S.I. 2009/139, art. 2(d) (with art. 3)
2E+WA person (“P”) is ineligible to be deprived of liberty by this Act (“ineligible”) if—
(a)P falls within one of the cases set out in the second column of the following table, and
(b)the corresponding entry in the third column of the table —or the provision, or one of the provisions, referred to in that entry — provides that he is ineligible.
| Status of P | Determination of ineligibility | |
|---|---|---|
| Case A | P is— (a) subject to the hospital treatment regime, and (b) detained in a hospital under that regime. | P is ineligible. |
| Case B | P is— (a) subject to the hospital treatment regime, but (b) not detained in a hospital under that regime. | See paragraphs 3 and 4. |
| Case C | P is subject to the community treatment regime. | See paragraphs 3 and 4. |
| Case D | P is subject to the guardianship regime. | See paragraphs 3 and 5. |
| Case E | P is— (a) within the scope of the Mental Health Act, but (b) not subject to any of the mental health regimes. | See paragraph 5.] |