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(1)Where a court is minded to make a hospital order or interim hospital order in respect of any person it may request—
(a)the [F1clinical commissioning group or] F2... [F3Local Health Board] for [F4the area] in which that person resides or last resided; or
(b)[F5the National Health Service Commissioning Board or] [F6the National Assembly for Wales or any other] [F7clinical commissioning group or] F2... [F3Local Health Board] that appears to the court to be appropriate,
to furnish the court with such information as [F4that [F8clinical commissioning group or] F2... [F3Local Health Board] [F9or [F10the National Health Service Commissioning Board or the] National Assembly for Wales] have] or can reasonably obtain with respect to the hospital or hospitals (if any) in [F4their area] or elsewhere at which arrangements could be made for the admission of that person in pursuance of the order, and [F4that [F11clinical commissioning group or] F2... [F3Local Health Board] [F12or [F10the National Health Service Commissioning Board or the] National Assembly for Wales] shall] comply with any such request.
[F13(1ZA)A request under this section to the National Health Service Commissioning Board may relate only to services or facilities the provision of which the Board arranges.]
[F14(1A)In relation to a person who has not attained the age of 18 years, subsection (1) above shall have effect as if the reference to the making of a hospital order included a reference to a remand under section 35 or 36 above or the making of an order under section 44 below.
(1B)Where the person concerned has not attained the age of 18 years, the information which may be requested under subsection (1) above includes, in particular, information about the availability of accommodation or facilities designed so as to be specially suitable for patients who have not attained the age of 18 years.]
F15(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F1Words in s. 39(1)(a) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 28(2)(b); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F2Words in s. 39(1) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 28(2)(a); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F3Words in s. 39(1) substituted (1.4.2007) by The References to Health Authorities Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/961), art. 3, Sch. para. 13(8)(a)
F4Words in s. 39(1) substituted (28.6.1995 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, s. 2(1)(3), 8, Sch. 1, Pt. III, para. 107(5)(a)
F5Words in s. 39(1)(b) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 28(2)(c); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F6Words in s. 39(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2007) by The References to Health Authorities Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/961), art. 3, Sch. para. 13(8)(b)
F7Words in s. 39(1)(b) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 28(2)(d); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F8Words in s. 39(1) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 28(2)(e); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F9Words in s. 39(1) inserted (1.4.2007) by The References to Health Authorities Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/961), art. 3, Sch. para. 13(8)(c)
F10Words in s. 39(1) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 28(2)(f); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F11Words in s. 39(1) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 28(2)(g); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F12Words in s. 39(1) inserted (1.4.2007) by The References to Health Authorities Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/961), art. 3, Sch. para. 13(8)(d)
F13S. 39(1ZA) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 28(3); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F14S. 39(1A)(1B) inserted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 31(2), 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(h) (with art. 3, Sch.)
F15S. 39(2) repealed (28.6.1995 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 5(1), 8, Sch. 1, Pt. III, para. 107(5)(b), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2 para. 6)
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