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(1)Where—
(a)a patient is [F1subject to] a short-term detention certificate;
(b)an approved medical practitioner carries out a medical examination of the patient; and
(c)subsections (2) and (3) below apply,
the approved medical practitioner may, before the expiry of the period of 24 hours beginning with the completion of that medical examination, grant a certificate (any such certificate being referred to in this Act as an “extension certificate”) authorising the measures mentioned in subsection (4) below.
(2)This subsection applies where—
F2(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)the approved medical practitioner considers—
(i)that the conditions mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 44(4) of this Act are met in respect of the patient; and
(ii)that because of a change in the mental health of the patient, an application should be made under section 63 of this Act for a compulsory treatment order.
(3)This subsection applies where—
(a)no application has been made under section 63 of this Act;
(b)it would not be reasonably practicable to make an application under that section before the expiry of the period of detention authorised by the short-term detention certificate; and
(c)subject to subsection (6) below—
(i)the approved medical practitioner consults a mental health officer about the proposed grant of an extension certificate; and
(ii)the mental health officer consents to the granting of the extension certificate.
(4)The measures referred to in subsection (1) above are—
(a)the detention in hospital of the patient for the period of 3 days beginning with the expiry of the period for which the short-term detention certificate authorises the detention of the patient in hospital; and
(b)the giving to the patient, in accordance with Part 16 of this Act, of medical treatment.
F3(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6)An approved medical practitioner need not consult or seek consent under subsection (3)(c) above in any case where it is impracticable to do so.
(7)In reckoning the period of days mentioned in subsection (4)(a) above, there shall be left out of account any day which is not a working day.
(8)In this section “working day” means a day which is not—
(a)Saturday;
(b)Sunday; or
(c)a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80) in Scotland.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 47(1)(a) substituted (27.9.2005) by Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Modification of Enactments) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/465), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 32(6)
F2S. 47(2)(a) repealed (30.6.2017) by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 9), ss. 29(3)(c)(i), 61(2); S.S.I. 2017/197, art. 2, sch.
F3S. 47(5) repealed (30.6.2017) by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 9), ss. 29(3)(c)(ii), 61(2); S.S.I. 2017/197, art. 2, sch.
Commencement Information
I1S. 47 in force at 21.3.2005 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 2, Sch. 1
I2S. 47 in force at 5.10.2005 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 3 (as substituted (1.7.2005) by S.S.I. 2005/375, art. 2 and as amended (22.9.2005) by S.S.I. 2005/459, art. 2)
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