Part 6

Short-term detention

Effect of short-term detention certificate on compulsory treatment order

Effect of subsequent short-term detention certificate on compulsory treatment order
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1
Subsection (2) below applies where—
a
a patient is subject to a compulsory treatment order; and
b
a short-term detention certificate is granted in respect of the patient.
2
The compulsory treatment order shall cease to authorise the measures specified in it for the period during which the patient is subject to the short-term detention certificate.