This legislation has been repealed.
(1) The Tribunal must review, at least once every 12 months, the case of each informal patient who has received care or treatment, or both, in a hospital for a continuous period in excess of 12 months.
(2) The Tribunal may, as a consequence of reviewing the case of a patient, order the discharge of the patient from a hospital and may, in any such case, defer the discharge of the patient for a period not exceeding 14 days.
(3) The medical superintendent of a hospital must notify the Tribunal of the name of any informal patient of the hospital whose case the Tribunal is required by this section to review.