Textual Amendments
F1 Sch. A1 inserted (1.4.2008 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.2009) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12) , ss. 50 , 56 , Sch. 7 ; S.I. 2008/745 , art. 4(a) ; S.I. 2009/139 , art. 2(c) (with art. 3 , Sch. paras. 3 , 4 )
68(1)If the following conditions are met, an eligible person may request the supervisory body to decide whether or not there is an unauthorised deprivation of liberty.E+W
(2)The first condition is that the eligible person has notified the managing authority of the relevant hospital or care home that it appears to the eligible person that there is an unauthorised deprivation of liberty.
(3)The second condition is that the eligible person has asked the managing authority to request a standard authorisation in relation to the detention of the relevant person.
(4)The third condition is that the managing authority has not requested a standard authorisation within a reasonable period after the eligible person asks it to do so.
(5)In this paragraph “eligible person” means any person other than the managing authority of the relevant hospital or care home.]