PART 10APPLICATIONS UNDER PART 4 OF THE FAMILY LAW ACT 1996

Transfer directions under section 48 of the Mental Health Act 198310.16

1

Where a transfer direction given by the Secretary of State under section 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 is in force in respect of a person remanded in custody by the High Court or a county court, the court officer must notify—

a

the governor of the prison to which that person was remanded; and

b

the hospital where that person is detained,

of any committal hearing which that person is required to attend.

2

The court officer must also give notice in writing of any further remand to the hospital where that person is detained.

(Rules made under section 144 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 make provision for magistrates’ courts.)