Part VI Removal and Return of Patients Within United Kingdom, etc.
Removal to and from Northern Ireland
81AF1 Transfer of responsibility for patients to Northern Ireland.
1
If it appears to the Secretary of State, in the case of a patient who—
F2a
is subject to a hospital order under section 37 above and a restriction order under section 41 above or to a transfer direction under section 47 above and a restriction direction under section 49 above;
b
has been conditionally discharged under section 42 or 73 above,
that a transfer under this section would be in the interests of the patient, the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Minister exercising corresponding functions in Northern Ireland, transfer responsibility for the patient to that Minister.
2
Where responsibility for such a patient is transferred under this section, the patient shall be treated—
a
as if on the date of the transfer he had been conditionally discharged under the corresponding enactment in force in Northern Ireland; and
b
as if he were subject to F3a hospital order and a restriction order, or to a transfer direction and a restriction direction, under the corresponding enactment in force in Northern Ireland.
3
Where a patient responsibility for whom is transferred under this section was immediately before the transfer subject to a F4. . . restriction direction of limited duration, the F4. . . restriction direction to which he is subject by virtue of subsection (2) above shall expire on the date on which the first-mentioned F4. . . direction would have expired if the transfer had not been made.