Part 1Amendments to Mental Health Act 1983
Chapter 6Cross-border patients
I139Cross-border arrangements
1
At the end of section 17 of the 1983 Act (leave of absence) insert—
6
Subsection (7) below applies to a person who is granted leave by or by virtue of a provision—
a
in force in Scotland, Northern Ireland, any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man; and
b
corresponding to subsection (1) above.
7
For the purpose of giving effect to a direction or condition imposed by virtue of a provision corresponding to subsection (3) above, the person may be conveyed to a place in, or kept in custody or detained at a place of safety in, England and Wales by a person authorised in that behalf by the direction or condition.
2
Schedule 5 (which contains amendments to Part 6 of the 1983 Act and related amendments) has effect.