Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 No. 18

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 Authorisation of short-term detention in hospital for examination etc

Part 3 Events terminating the authorisation

Discharge

16.—(1) If—

(a) pursuant to a report under paragraph 2, P is admitted to the hospital specified in the report, or

(b) P is treated under paragraph 1(5) as so admitted,

and P is subsequently discharged from detention, that discharge is an event which terminates the authorisation.

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph P is “discharged from detention” if P is informed in writing by the responsible medical practitioner that he or she is discharged from detention.