SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Authorisation of short-term detention in hospital for examination etc
Part 3Events terminating the authorisation
Expiry where failure to admit P within period required
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1
If—
a
at the time when a report under paragraph 2 is made P is not already an in-patient in the hospital specified in the report, and
b
at the end of the period allowed for admission P has not been admitted to that hospital,
the expiry of that period is an event which terminates the authorisation.
2
In this paragraph “the period allowed for admission” means—
a
two days beginning with the date when the medical report under paragraph 4 was made; or
b
such longer period, not exceeding 14 days beginning with that date, as a medical practitioner who meets prescribed conditions may (before the end of the period mentioned in head (a)) certify to be necessary because of exceptional circumstances.
3
A certificate under sub-paragraph (2)(b) must be in the prescribed form and include prescribed information.