PART VI Mental Disorder
F1Treatment orders
52RTermination of treatment order
1
This section applies—
a
where, in the case of a person who, when the treatment order is made, has not been removed to the hospital specified in the order, the period of 7 days beginning with the day on which the order is made has not expired; or
b
in the case of a person—
i
who, when the treatment order is made, has been admitted to the hospital specified in the order; or
ii
who has been removed under paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of section 52M of this Act to the hospital so specified.
2
A treatment order shall cease to have effect on the occurrence of any of the following events—
a
in a case where—
i
the person subject to the treatment order has been charged with an offence; and
ii
a relevant disposal had not been made in the proceedings in respect of such offence when the order was made,
the making of a relevant disposal in such proceedings;
b
in a case where the person subject to the treatment order has been convicted of an offence but has not been sentenced—
i
the deferral of sentence by the court under section 202(1) of this Act;
ii
the making of one of the orders mentioned in subsection (3) below; or
iii
the imposition of any sentence.
3
The orders are—
a
an interim compulsion order;
b
a compulsion order;
c
a guardianship order;
d
a hospital direction;
e
any order under section 57 of this Act; or
f
a probation order which includes a requirement imposed by virtue of section 230(1) of this Act.
4
In this section, “relevant disposal” has the same meaning as in section 52B of this Act.
Ss. 52A-52U inserted (5.10.2005) by Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13), ss. 130, 333(1)-(4); S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 3 (as amended (27.9.2005) by S.S.I. 2005/465, art. 2, sch. 1 para. 32(13)(a)(i)(ii), sch. 2)