Part 1Amendments to Mental Health Act 1983
Chapter 8Miscellaneous
I144Places of safety
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The 1983 Act is amended as follows.
2
In section 135 (warrant to search for and remove patients), after subsection (3) insert—
3A
A constable, an approved mental health professional or a person authorised by either of them for the purposes of this subsection may, before the end of the period of 72 hours mentioned in subsection (3) above, take a person detained in a place of safety under that subsection to one or more other places of safety.
3B
A person taken to a place of safety under subsection (3A) above may be detained there for a period ending no later than the end of the period of 72 hours mentioned in subsection (3) above.
3
In section 136 (mentally disordered persons found in public places), after subsection (2) insert—
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A constable, an approved mental health professional or a person authorised by either of them for the purposes of this subsection may, before the end of the period of 72 hours mentioned in subsection (2) above, take a person detained in a place of safety under that subsection to one or more other places of safety.
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A person taken to a place of a safety under subsection (3) above may be detained there for a purpose mentioned in subsection (2) above for a period ending no later than the end of the period of 72 hours mentioned in that subsection.