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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2013 - SECT 86

Application of Part to places other than SMHUs

(1)  This section applies if a forensic patient in the custody of the controlling authority of an SMHU is being detained in a secure institution, an approved hospital, a health service within the meaning of the Health Complaints Act 1995 or premises where such a health service is provided or another place.
(2)  The provisions of this Part, as modified under subsection (3) , apply –
(a) in respect of the forensic patient as if he or she were in the SMHU; and
(b) in respect of the secure institution, approved hospital, health service, premises or other place as if it were the SMHU.
(3)  In its application under this section to a health service within the meaning of the Health Complaints Act 1995 , or premises where such a health service is provided or another place, section 113(1) is modified by omitting "bring into an SMHU" and substituting "bring into the part of the SMHU in which a patient is being detained" .


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