Hospital orders or guardianship orders under the Mental Health Act 1983E+W
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11.17.—(1) Where the court makes a hospital order under the Mental Health Act 1983, the court officer must—
(a)send to the hospital any information which will be of assistance in dealing with the patient; and
(b)inform the persons directed by the court to be informed about when the patient is being transferred to hospital.
(2) Where the court makes a guardianship order under the Mental Health Act 1983, the court officer must send any information which will be of assistance in dealing with the patient to—
(a)the patient's guardian; and
(b)where the guardian is a person other than the local services authority, the local services authority.