Mental Health Act 2007
41Discharge on making of community treatment order
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41 Discharge on making of community treatment order
41 Discharge on making of community treatment order
(cf 1990 Act, s 132)
(1) An authorised medical officer must discharge a patient or person who is detained in a mental health facility when a community treatment order is made about the patient or person and any order authorising the patient’s or person’s detention ceases to have effect.
(2) This section does not prevent an affected person subject to a community treatment order from being admitted to or detained in a mental health facility.
(3) This section is subject to any order made under section 53 deferring the discharge of an involuntary patient.
s 41: Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1 [24].