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Criminal Appeal Act 1968

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Section 6.

SCHEDULE 1Consequences and Effect of Order for Admission to Hospital under s.6 or s.14

1(1)An order for admission to hospital under section 6 or section 14 of this Act shall be sufficient authority for any person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State to take the person to whom the order relates and convey him at any time within the relevant period to the hospital specified by the Secretary of State.

(2)The relevant period for the purposes of this paragraph is—

(a)in relation to an order under section 6 or 14(1), two months ;

(b)in relation to an order under section 14(2), seven days ;

the said period to begin in either case with the date on which the order was made.

(3)Where a person is admitted within the relevant period to the hospital specified by the Secretary of State, the order under section 6 or, as the case may be, section 14 shall be sufficient authority for the managers to detain him in accordance with the provisions of the [1959 c. 72.] Mental Health Act 1959 referred to in the following paragraphs, as those provisions apply by virtue of those paragraphs.

2A person who is admitted to hospital in pursuance of an order under section 6 or 14(1) of this Act shall be treated for the purposes of the Mental Health Act 1959 as if he had been so admitted in pursuance of a hospital order made (on the date of the order made under section 6 or 14(1)) under section 60 of that Act together with an order restricting discharge made under section 65 of that Act without limitation of time.

3A person who is admitted to a hospital in pursuance of an order under section 14(2) of this Act shall be treated for the purposes of Part IV of the Mental Health Act 1959 as if he had been admitted (on the date of the order made under section 14(2)) in pursuance of an application for admission for observation duly made under the said Part IV.

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