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Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 31 Cited in Amendments 114 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1995 c. 52
Year1995
(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(2) Schedule 1 to this Act (supplementary provisions about after-care under supervision) shall have effect.(1) In section 18 of the the end of the period of six months beginning with the first day of his absence without leave; andthe end of the period for which (apart from section 21 below) he is liable to be detained or subject to guardianship;(2) For section 21 of that Act (duration of authority for detention and guardianship: special provisions as to patients absent without leave) there shall be substituted the following sections—
    (21) Special provisions as to patients absent without leave.
  • “(1) Where a patient is absent without leave—
  • (a) on the day on which (apart from this section) he would cease to be liable to be detained or subject to guardianship under this Part of this Act; or
  • (b) within the period of one week ending with that day,
    • he shall not cease to be so liable or subject until the relevant time.
on the day on which (apart from this section) he would cease to be liable to be detained or subject to guardianship under this Part of this Act; orwithin the period of one week ending with that day,where the patient is taken into custody under section 18 above, is the end of the period of one week beginning with the day on which he is returned to the hospital or place where he ought to be;where the patient returns himself to the hospital or place where he ought to be within the period during which he can be taken into custody under section 18 above, is the end of the period of one week beginning with the day on which he so returns himself; andotherwise, is the end of the period during which he can be taken into custody under section 18 above.This section applies where a patient who is absent without leave is taken into custody under section 18 above, or returns himself to the hospital or place where he ought to be, not later than the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the first day of his absence without leave.Where the period for which the patient is liable to be detained or subject to guardianship is extended by section 21 above, any examination and report to be made and furnished in respect of the patient under section 20(3) or (6) above may be made and furnished within the period as so extended.Where the authority for the detention or guardianship of the patient is renewed by virtue of subsection (2) above after the day on which (apart from section 21 above) that authority would have expired, the renewal shall take effect as from that day.This section applies where a patient who is absent without leave is taken into custody under section 18 above, or returns himself to the hospital or place where he ought to be, later than the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the first day of his absence without leave.to examine the patient; andif it appears to him that the relevant conditions are satisfied, to furnish to the appropriate body a report to that effect in the prescribed form;one or more other persons who have been professionally concerned with the patient’s medical treatment; andan approved social worker.Where the patient would (apart from any renewal of the authority for his detention or guardianship on or after the day on which he is returned or returns himself to the hospital or place where he ought to be) be liable to be detained or subject to guardianship after the end of the period of one week beginning with that day, he shall cease to be so liable or subject at the end of that period unless a report is duly furnished in respect of him under subsection (2) above.Where the patient would (apart from section 21 above) have ceased to be liable to be detained or subject to guardianship on or before the day on which a report is duly furnished in respect of him under subsection (2) above, the report shall renew the authority for his detention or guardianship for the period prescribed in that case by section 20(2) above.the renewal shall take effect as from the day on which (apart from section 21 above and that subsection) the authority would have expired; andif (apart from this paragraph) the renewed authority would expire on or before the day on which the report is furnished, the report shall further renew the authority, as from the day on which it would expire, for the period prescribed in that case by section 20(2) above.Where the authority for the detention or guardianship of the patient would expire within the period of two months beginning with the day on which a report is duly furnished in respect of him under subsection (2) above, the report shall, if it so provides, have effect also as a report duly furnished under section 20(3) or (6) above; and the reference in this subsection to authority includes any authority renewed under subsection (5) above by the report.Where the form of mental disorder specified in a report furnished under subsection (2) above is a form of disorder other than that specified in the application for admission for treatment or guardianship application concerned (and the report does not have effect as a report furnished under section 20(3) or (6) above) , that application shall have effect as if that other form of mental disorder were specified in it.Where on any occasion a report specifying such a form of mental disorder is furnished under subsection (2) above the appropriate medical officer need not on that occasion furnish a report under section 16 above.In this section—
  • “appropriate medical officer” has the same meaning as in section 16(5) above;
  • “the appropriate...

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