PART VAdmission to and Detention in Hospital and Guardianship
Grounds for reception into guardianship
36Patients liable to be received into guardianship
A person may, in pursuance of an application for reception into guardianship under section 37(1) of this Act, be received into guardianship on the grounds that—
a
he is suffering from mental disorder of a nature or degree which warrants his reception into guardianship; and
b
it is necessary in the interests of the welfare of the patient that he should be so received.