Crime (Sentences) Act 1997

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); or

(d) paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the [1991 c. 25.] Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991 (orders for admission to hospital),

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); and

(c) paragraph (d) shall not apply unless the court has given a direction under paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991.

(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.

(4) In this section—

(a) the reference to paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991 includes a reference to subsection (1) of section 116B of the [1955 c. 18.] Army Act 1955 and the [1955 c. 19.] Air Force Act 1955 and section 63B of the [1957 c. 53.] Naval Discipline Act 1957; and

(b) the reference to paragraph 2(1)(b) of that Schedule includes a reference to subsection (2) of those sections.