This legislation has been repealed.
(1) If it appears to the Chief Health Officer on the certificates, in the form set out in Schedule 3, of 2 medical practitioners, one of whom is a psychiatrist, that a person imprisoned in a prison is a mentally ill person, the Chief Health Officer may order that the person be transferred to a hospital.
(2) The Chief Health Officer must notify the Tribunal in writing of any order made under this section.