Valid from 02/12/2019
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17—(1) If—N.I.
(a)pursuant to a report under paragraph 2, P is admitted to the hospital specified in the report, or
(b)P is treated under paragraph 1(5) as so admitted,
and subsequently there is an unreasonable delay in taking a relevant step, the start of that delay is an event which terminates the authorisation.
(2) In this paragraph a “relevant step” means making an application under Schedule 1 where a measure that would need authorisation under that Schedule is proposed in relation to P.