Part 6 Short-term detention

Duties on hospital managers

46 Hospital managers' duties: notification

(1) This section applies where a patient is detained in hospital under authority of a short-term detention certificate.

(2) The managers of the hospital shall as soon as practicable after the production to them of the short-term detention certificate, give notice of its granting to—

(a) the patient;

(b) the patient’s named person;

(c) any guardian of the patient; and

(d) any welfare attorney of the patient.

(3) The managers of the hospital shall, before the expiry of the period of 7 days beginning with the day on which the certificate is granted, give notice of its granting, and send a copy of it, to—

(a) the Tribunal; and

(b) the Commission.