Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

First extension of period of order
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181.—(1) This section applies where—

(a)a person is liable to be detained under a public protection order without restrictions; and

(b)the initial period of the order has not ended.

(2) The period of the order may be extended for a period of 6 months, beginning immediately after the end of the initial period, by the making of an extension report (see section 183).

(3) In this Chapter “the initial period” of a public protection order without restrictions means the period of 6 months beginning with the date of the order.

(4) In this Part “the period” of a public protection order without restrictions means the period for which the person to whom the order relates is liable to be detained under the order.