C1C2Part II Compulsory Admission to Hospital and Guardianship
Part II (ss. 2-34) modified (E.W.) (1.1.1992) by Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991 (c. 25, SIF 39:1), s. 5(1), Sch. 1 para.3 (with saving in s. 8); S.I. 1991/2488, art. 2
Duration of detention or guardianship and discharge
21F1 Special provisions as to patients absent without leave.
1
Where a patient is absent without leave—
a
on the day on which (apart from this section) he would cease to be liable to be detained or subject to guardianship under this Part of this Act; or
b
within the period of one week ending with that day,
he shall not cease to be so liable or subject until the relevant time.
2
For the purposes of subsection (1) above the relevant time—
a
where the patient is taken into custody under section 18 above, is the end of the period of one week beginning with the day on which he is returned to the hospital or place where he ought to be;
b
where the patient returns himself to the hospital or place where he ought to be within the period during which he can be taken into custody under section 18 above, is the end of the period of one week beginning with the day on which he so returns himself; and
c
otherwise, is the end of the period during which he can be taken into custody under section 18 above.
Pt. II (ss. 2–34) modified by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 36, SIF 85), ss. 17(2), 78(2)