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534What is a secure treatment order?
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534 What is a secure treatment order?
A secure treatment order is an order made by the Justice Secretary that enables a person who is subject to the order to be—
(a) compulsorily taken from a prison or other place of confinement and transported to a designated mental health service; and
(b) detained and treated in the designated mental health service.