PART 10CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CHAPTER 7TRANSFER FROM PRISON ETC TO HOSPITAL
Civil prisoners and immigration detainees
214Transfer of civil prisoner or immigration detainee to hospital
1
Where—
a
a person is a civil prisoner or an immigration detainee, and
b
the conditions for giving a direction under this section are met (see section 223),
the Department of Justice may by warrant direct that that person be removed to a hospital specified in the direction.
2
The managing authority of the hospital specified in the direction must—
a
admit the person; and
b
detain him or her in accordance with section 215.
3
In this section—
“a civil prisoner” means a person committed by a court to prison for a limited term, other than a person serving a relevant sentence (as defined by section 211);
“an immigration detainee” means a person detained under the Immigration Act 1971 or under section 62 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.