236Obligations of an authorised person to whom a person's care and control has been transferred

236 Obligations of an authorised person to whom a person's care and control has been transferred

On receiving a person transferred in accordance with section 235, an authorised person, as soon as practicable, must—

(a) arrange for the examination of the person by a registered medical practitioner or an authorised mental health practitioner at or near the place at which the person was received into care and control by the authorised person; or

(b) transport the person, or arrange for transport of the person by another authorised person, to a specified body at which the person may be examined by a registered medical practitioner or an authorised mental health practitioner; or

(c) transfer care and control of the person to another authorised person for the purposes of arranging for the person to be examined in accordance with section 234 as soon as practicable.