Part III Miscellaneous and supplemental
Mentally disordered offenders
47 Power to specify hospital units.
(1)
Subject to subsection (2) below, any power to specify a hospital which is conferred by—
(a)
section 37 of the 1983 Act (hospital orders);
(b)
section 45A of that Act (hospital and limitation directions);
(c)
section 47 of that Act (transfer directions); F1...
F2(d)
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includes power to specify a hospital unit; and where such a unit is specified in relation to any person in the exercise of such a power, any reference in any enactment (including one contained in this Act) to him being, or being liable to be, detained in a hospital shall be construed accordingly.
(2)
In subsection (1) above—
(a)
paragraph (a) shall not apply unless the court also makes an order under section 41 of the 1983 Act (restriction orders);
(b)
paragraph (c) shall not apply unless the Secretary of State also gives a direction under section 49 of that Act (restriction directions); F3...
F4(c)
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(3)
In this section—
“hospital”, in relation to any exercise of a power, has the same meaning as in the enactment which confers the power;
“hospital unit” means any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit.
F5(4)
A reference in this section to section 37 or 41 of the 1983 Act includes a reference to that section as it applies by virtue of—
(a)
section 5 of the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964,
(b)
section 6 or 14 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968, F6or
F7(c)
Schedule 4 to the Armed Forces Act 2006 (including as applied by section 16(2) of the Court Martial Appeals Act 1968).