Part 6

Short-term detention

Extension certificate

Extension certificate: notification
48
1
An approved medical practitioner who grants an extension certificate shall, before the expiry of the period of 24 hours beginning with the granting of the certificate, give the certificate to the managers of the hospital in which the patient is detained and give notice to the persons mentioned in subsection (2) below—
a
of the granting of the extension certificate;
b
of the approved medical practitioner’s reasons for believing the conditions mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 44(4) of this Act to be met in respect of the patient;
c
as to whether consent of a mental health officer was obtained to the granting of the certificate; and
d
if the certificate was granted without consent to its granting having been obtained from a mental health officer, the reason why it was impracticable to consult a mental health officer.
2
Those persons are—
a
the patient;
b
the patient’s named person;
c
the Tribunal;
d
the Commission;
e
any guardian of the patient;
f
any welfare attorney of the patient; and
g
the mental health officer.
S. 48 in force at 5.10.2005 by S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 3 (as substituted (1.7.2005) by S.S.I. 2005/375, art. 2 and as amended (22.9.2005) by S.S.I. 2005/459, art. 2)