Discharge
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12(1)Section 25 (restrictions on discharge by nearest relative) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1), after “shall not be made” insert “under section 23 above”.
(3)After that subsection insert—
“(1A)Subsection (1) above shall apply to an order for the discharge of a community patient as it applies to an order for the discharge of a patient who is liable to be detained in a hospital, but with the reference to the managers of the hospital being read as a reference to the managers of the responsible hospital.”
(4)In subsection (2), after “treatment” insert “, or in respect of a community patient,”.