Part 6

Short-term detention

Duties on hospital managers

Hospital managers' duties: notification
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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.