87 Patients absent from hospitals in Northern Ireland.E+W+N.I.
(1)Any person who—
(a)under [F1Article 29 or 132 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986] (which provide, respectively, for the retaking of patients absent without leave and for the retaking of patients escaping from custody); or
(b)under the said [F1Article 29 as applied by Article 31 of the said Order](which makes special provision as to persons sentenced to imprisonment),
may be taken into custody in Northern Ireland, may be taken into custody in, and returned to Northern Ireland from, England and Wales by an [F2approved mental health professional] , by any constable or by any person authorised by or by virtue of the [F1said Order] to take him into custody.
(2)This section does not apply to any person who is subject to guardianship.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by S.I. 1986/596, art. 2(15)
F2Words in s. 87(1) substituted (3.11.2008 for E.W.) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 21, 56, Sch. 2 para. 7(f) (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(d) (with art. 3, Sch.); S.I. 2008/2561, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)