239When does an authorised person's care and control end under this Part?

239 When does an authorised person's care and control end under this Part?

A person is no longer under an authorised person's care and control under this Part if—

(a) the authorised person has released the person from care and control in accordance with section 238(1); or

(b) a registered medical practitioner or an authorised mental health practitioner has examined the person and either—

(i) makes a community assessment order in relation to the person; or

(ii) determines that the compulsory assessment criteria do not apply; or

(c) the person enters the care and control of another authorised person to whom the person's care and control has been transferred in accordance with section 235; or

(d) the person enters the care and control of a registered medical practitioner, an authorised mental health practitioner or a registered nurse at a specified body in accordance with section 237; or

(e) the person has absconded from the care and control of the authorised person.

Part 5.3—Power to take a person into care and control for the purposes of transport under the Act