194Community or inpatient treatment order

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194 Community or inpatient treatment order

(1) The Mental Health Tribunal must determine whether a treatment order is—

(a) a community treatment order; or

(b) subject to subsection (2), an inpatient treatment order.

(2) The Mental Health Tribunal must not make an inpatient treatment order in respect of a person unless the Mental Health Tribunal is satisfied that the person cannot be treated in the community.

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