4 Application for variation of a compulsory treatment order: reports to be prepared and submitted to Tribunal under section 109
Where the Tribunal is considering an application made under section 95 (application for an order varying a compulsory treatment order) and is not satisfied that it has sufficient information to enable it to make a decision, the Tribunal may require, under section 109(2), the mental health officer to prepare and submit to it a report–
(a) on the steps that the mental health officer has taken to comply with the requirements imposed by section 93(4C)) (mental health officer’s duties to patient etc);
Section 93(4C) was inserted by article 2(2) of the Order.
(b) giving the views of the mental health officer on the application and the reasons for those views;
(c) giving, if known to the mental health officer, the views of the patient and the patient’s named person on the application and the reasons for those views;
(d) giving, in so far as the mental health officer considers relevant for the purposes of the application, details of the personal circumstances of the patient;
(e) giving, if known to the mental health officer, details of any advance statement that the patient has made (and not withdrawn); and
(f) giving any other information which the mental health officer considers may assist the Tribunal in considering the application.