The Criminal Procedure Rules 2015

Information to be supplied on admission to hospital or guardianship

28.9.—(1) This rule applies where the court—

(a) orders the defendant’s detention and treatment in hospital; or

(b) makes a guardianship order.

(2) Unless the court otherwise directs, the court officer must, as soon as practicable, serve on (as applicable) the hospital or the guardian—

(a) a record of the court’s order;

(b) such information as the court has received that appears likely to assist in treating or otherwise dealing with the defendant, including information about—

(i) the defendant’s mental condition,

(ii) the defendant’s other circumstances, and

(iii) the circumstances of the offence.

[Note. For the circumstances in which the court may order the defendant’s detention and treatment in hospital, see sections 35, 36, 37, 38 and 44 of the Mental Health Act 1983(1). For the circumstances in which the court may make a guardianship order, see the same section 37.]

(1)

1983 c. 20; section 44 was amended by sections 10, 40 and 55 of, and Part 8 of Schedule 11 to, the Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12).