Application for variation of a compulsory treatment order: reports to be prepared and submitted to Tribunal under section 1094

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))3 (mental health officer’s duties to patient etc);

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giving, if known to the mental health officer, details of any advance statement that the patient has made (and not withdrawn); and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.