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77What is a restriction order?
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77 What is a restriction order?
[Section 77 Substituted by No. 21 of 1999, s. 47, Applied:01 Nov 1999] [Section 77 Substituted by No. 72 of 2005, s. 133, Applied:20 Feb 2006]
(1) A restriction order is an order requiring the person in respect of whom it is made to be admitted to and detained in a secure mental health unit until the order is discharged by the Supreme Court.
(2) Once made, a restriction order is taken to be a restriction order made under the Criminal Justice (Mental Impairment) Act 1999 .