12.—(1) Where a patient who is subject to any of the orders referred to in regulation 6(1)(a) to (d), has absconded or has been taken into custody, the patient’s responsible medical officer shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware that the patient has absconded or been taken into custody, review the order.
(2) Where the responsible medical officer is satisfied on review, that as a consequence of the patient’s unauthorised absence, the order requires to be varied, apply to the court which made that order for an order varying the measures specified in the order.
(3) Where an application is made under paragraph (1), the court may–
(a)confirm the order; or
(b)vary the order by specifying measures additional to or different from those specified in the order.