PART 6Functions of Nearest Relatives

Restriction on discharge by nearest relative34

1

Any report given by the responsible clinician for the purposes of section 25 (restrictions on discharge by nearest relative)—

a

must be in the form set out in Part 1 of Form NR 1; and

b

the receipt of that report by—

i

the managers of the hospital in which the patient is liable to be detained

ii

the managers of the responsible hospital in the case of a community patient

must be in the form set out in Part 2 of Form NR 1.

2

In addition to the methods of serving documents provided for by regulation 3(1), reports under this regulation may be furnished by–

a

transmission by facsimile, or

b

the transmission in electronic form of a reproduction of the report,

if the managers of the hospital agree.