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Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Consent to Treatment) Amendment Regulations 1997

SI 1997/801 inserts Regulation 10A and amends Regulations Schedule 1.

Official explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Consent to Treatment) Regulations 1983 by prescribing forms for continuing the detention in hospital or guardianship of a patient who returns, or is returned, after being absent without leave from hospital or the place where he ought to be for more than 28 days.