Crime (Sentences) Act 1997

47 Power to specify hospital units. E+W

(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, any power to specify a hospital which is conferred by—

(a) section 37 of the 1983 Act (hospital orders);

(b) section 45A of that Act (hospital and limitation directions);

(c) section 47 of that Act (transfer directions); F1 ...

F2 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

includes power to specify a hospital unit; and where such a unit is specified in relation to any person in the exercise of such a power, any reference in any enactment (including one contained in this Act) to him being, or being liable to be, detained in a hospital shall be construed accordingly.

(2) In subsection (1) above—

(a) paragraph (a) shall not apply unless the court also makes an order under section 41 of the 1983 Act (restriction orders);

(b) paragraph (c) shall not apply unless the Secretary of State also gives a direction under section 49 of that Act (restriction directions); F3 ...

F4 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) In this section—

• “hospital”, in relation to any exercise of a power, has the same meaning as in the enactment which confers the power;

• “hospital unit” means any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit.

[F5 (4) A reference in this section to section 37 or 41 of the 1983 Act includes a reference to that section as it applies by virtue of—

(a) section 5 of the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964,

(b) section 6 or 14 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968, [F6 or]

[F7 (c) Schedule 4 to the Armed Forces Act 2006 (including as applied by section 16(2) of the Court Martial Appeals Act 1968).]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 47(1) repealed (31.3.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 60, Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(i)

F2 S. 47(1)(d) repealed (31.3.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 60, Sch. 10 para. 45(2), Sch. 11 (with Sch. 12 para. 8); S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(g)(i)

F3 Word in s. 47(2) repealed (31.3.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 60, Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(i)

F4 S. 47(2)(c) repealed (31.3.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 60, Sch. 10 para. 45(2), Sch. 11 (with Sch. 12 para. 8); S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(g)(i)

F5 S. 47(4) substituted (31.3.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 60, Sch. 10 para. 45(3) (with Sch. 12 para. 8); S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(g)

F6 Word in s. 47(4)(b) inserted (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 16 para. 143; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

F7 S. 47(4)(c) substituted for s. 47(4)(c)(d) (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 16 para. 143; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4