Introductory Text
PART 1 GENERAL
1.Citation and commencement
2.Interpretation
3.Documents
PART 2 Procedures and Records Relating to Hospital Admissions, Guardianship and Community Treatment Orders
4.Procedure for and record of hospital admissions
5.Procedure for and acceptance of guardianship applications
6.Procedure for and records relating to community treatment orders
7.Transfer from hospital to hospital or guardianship
8.Transfer from guardianship to guardianship or hospital
9.Transfer of community patients recalled to hospital
10.Transfers from England to Wales and from Wales to England
11.Conveyance to hospital on transfer from hospital or guardianship
12.Conveyance from hospital to hospital following recall of community patients
13.Renewal of authority for detention or guardianship and extension of community treatment period
14.Detention, guardianship or community treatment after absence without leave for more than 28 days
15.Removal to England
16.Removal to England of patients subject to compulsion in the community
17.Assignment of responsibility for community patients
18.Discharge of patients
19.Delegation of hospital managers’ functions under the Act
20.Delegation of managers’ functions under the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004
21.Delegation by local social services authorities
PART 3 Functions of Guardians and Nearest Relatives
22.Duties of private guardians
23.Visits to patients subject to guardianship
24.Performance of functions of nearest relative
25.Discharge by nearest relative
PART 4 Provision of Information
26.(1) Unless the patient requests otherwise, where —
PART 5 Consent to Treatment
27.Consent to treatment
PART 6 Treatment of Community Patients not Recalled to Hospital
28.(1) For the purposes of Part 4A of the Act...
PART 7 Correspondence of Patients
29.Inspection and opening of postal packets
30.Review of decisions to withhold postal packets
31.Patient advocacy and liaison services and independent mental capacity advocate services
PART 8 Revocations
32.Revocations
Signature
SCHEDULE 1
FORMS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH COMPULSORY ADMISSION TO HOSPITAL, GUARDIANSHIP AND TREATMENT
SCHEDULE 2
REVOCATIONS
Explanatory Note