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Changes over time for: Section 70
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70 Applications to tribunals concerning restricted patients.E+W
A patient who is a restricted patient within the meaning of section 79 below and is detained in a hospital may apply to [the appropriate tribunal]—
(a)in the period between the expiration of six months and the expiration of 12 months beginning with the date of the relevant hospital order [, hospital direction] or transfer direction; and
(b)in any subsequent period of 12 months.
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