Mental Health Act 2016
sec.446Community category—orders about treatment in community
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sec.446 Community category—orders about treatment in community
This section applies if the tribunal— confirms the category of the forensic order as community; or changes the category of the forensic order to community. The tribunal must— order that an authorised doctor or a senior practitioner under the Forensic Disability Act must not change the category of the order to inpatient; or approve that an authorised doctor under section 212 or a senior practitioner under the Forensic Disability Act , section 20 may, at a future time, change the nature or extent of treatment in the community received by the person, to the extent and subject to the conditions decided by the tribunal. changing the category of the forensic order from community to inpatient, with or without limited community treatment (sec.446-ssec.1) This section applies if the tribunal— confirms the category of the forensic order as community; or changes the category of the forensic order to community. (sec.446-ssec.2) The tribunal must— order that an authorised doctor or a senior practitioner under the Forensic Disability Act must not change the category of the order to inpatient; or approve that an authorised doctor under section 212 or a senior practitioner under the Forensic Disability Act , section 20 may, at a future time, change the nature or extent of treatment in the community received by the person, to the extent and subject to the conditions decided by the tribunal. changing the category of the forensic order from community to inpatient, with or without limited community treatment
- (a) confirms the category of the forensic order as community; or
- (b) changes the category of the forensic order to community.
- (a) order that an authorised doctor or a senior practitioner under the Forensic Disability Act must not change the category of the order to inpatient; or
- (b) approve that an authorised doctor under section 212 or a senior practitioner under the Forensic Disability Act , section 20 may, at a future time, change the nature or extent of treatment in the community received by the person, to the extent and subject to the conditions decided by the tribunal. Example of a change of extent of treatment in the community— changing the category of the forensic order from community to inpatient, with or without limited community treatment