5After section 85 of the 1983 Act there shall be inserted the following section—
“85AResponsibility for patients transferred from Channel Islands or Isle of Man
(1)This section applies to any patient responsibility for whom is transferred to the Secretary of State by the authority exercising corresponding functions in any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man under a provision corresponding to section 83A above.
(2)The patient shall be treated—
(a)as if on the date of the transfer he had been conditionally discharged under section 42 or 73 above; and
(b)as if he were subject to a restriction order or restriction direction under section 41 or 49 above.
(3)Where the patient was immediately before the transfer subject to an order or direction restricting his discharge, being an order or direction of limited duration, the restriction order or restriction direction to which he is subject by virtue of subsection (2) above shall expire on the date on which the first-mentioned order or direction would have expired if the transfer had not been made.”