This legislation has been repealed.
(1) Without affecting section 97, 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 suffering from a mental condition for which treatment is available in a hospital, the Chief Health Officer may, with the consent in writing of the person, 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.
(3) This section does not apply to a person who is a mentally ill person or who has a developmental disability of mind.