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203.—(1) Where a person is liable to be detained in a hospital under a hospital direction, the managing authority of the hospital may, with the consent of the Department of Justice, arrange for the transfer of the person from that hospital to another hospital in which treatment appropriate to the person’s case is available for the person.
(2) Where a person is transferred under this section—
(a)the managing authority of the hospital to which the person is transferred must admit the person and detain him or her in accordance with this Chapter; and
(b)the managing authority of the hospital from which the person was transferred ceases to be under a duty to detain the person.
(3) Before a managing authority arranges for the transfer of a person (“A”) under this section, it must if practicable inform—
(a)if A is 16 or over, any person who is A’s nominated person;
(b)if A is under 16, a person with parental responsibility for A.
(4) Where a person is transferred under this section, the managing authority which arranged the transfer must immediately notify RQIA of the transfer.
(5) The power of a managing authority under this section to arrange for the transfer of a person from one hospital to another is subject to any prescribed conditions.
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