Mental Health Act 2016
sec.199Relationship between this Act and custodial status of particular patients
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sec.199 Relationship between this Act and custodial status of particular patients
This section applies to a patient of an authorised mental health service who is subject to any of the following— a treatment authority; a forensic order; a treatment support order. A person making a decision about the patient’s treatment in the community must make the decision without regard to whether the patient is in custody under another Act. However, a decision made under this Act about the patient’s treatment in the community is subject to any custodial requirement under the other Act. Subsection (3) does not apply to a patient who is detained in the authorised mental health service— as a classified patient under chapter 3 ; or under an order mentioned in schedule 3 , definition judicial order , paragraph (c) . s 199 amd 2017 No. 3 s 16 (sec.199-ssec.1) This section applies to a patient of an authorised mental health service who is subject to any of the following— a treatment authority; a forensic order; a treatment support order. (sec.199-ssec.2) A person making a decision about the patient’s treatment in the community must make the decision without regard to whether the patient is in custody under another Act. (sec.199-ssec.3) However, a decision made under this Act about the patient’s treatment in the community is subject to any custodial requirement under the other Act. (sec.199-ssec.4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a patient who is detained in the authorised mental health service— as a classified patient under chapter 3 ; or under an order mentioned in schedule 3 , definition judicial order , paragraph (c) .
- (a) a treatment authority;
- (b) a forensic order;
- (c) a treatment support order.
- (a) as a classified patient under chapter 3 ; or
- (b) under an order mentioned in schedule 3 , definition judicial order , paragraph (c) .