Applications: visiting and examination
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227.—(1) This section applies in relation to a person (“A”) who—
(a)is liable to be detained under a public protection order; or
(b)is liable to be detained in a hospital under a hospital direction or hospital transfer direction.
(2) A medical practitioner who is authorised—
(a)by or on behalf of A, or
(b)where A is 16 or over, by a person who is A’s nominated person,
may, for a purpose mentioned in subsection (3), do anything within section 275 (visiting etc powers) in relation to A.
(3) The purposes are—
(a)the purpose of advising whether an application to the Tribunal under section 225 should be made by or in respect of A;
(b)the purpose of providing information as to the condition of A for the purposes of an application.