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==Rule==
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7.	On receipt of the authority’s statement or, in the case of a [conditionally discharged patient,]<ref>[[Mental Health Review Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 1998]]</ref> the Secretary of State’s statement, the tribunal shall give notice of the proceedings—

:(a)	where the patient is liable to be detained in a mental nursing home, to the registration authority of that home;

:(b)	where the patient is subject to the guardianship of a private guardian, to the guardian;

:[(bb) where the patient is, or will upon leaving hospital be, subject to after-care under supervision, to the person who appears to be the patient’s nearest relative, and the persons who are, or will be, the patient’s supervisor and community responsible medical officer and in the case of a patient who has not yet left hospital, the person who has prepared the medical report referred to in paragraph 1 of Part F of Schedule 1 to these Rules;]<ref name="AR">[[Mental Health Review Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 1996]]</ref>

:(c)	where the patient’s financial affairs are under the control of the Court of Protection, to the Court of Protection;

:(d)	where any person other than the applicant is named in the authority’s statement as exercising the functions of the nearest relative, to that person;

:(e)	where a health authority [,Primary Care Trust]<ref>[[National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Regulations 2002]]</ref> [or National Health Service trust]<ref name="AR"/> [or NHS foundation trust]<ref>[[Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Supplementary and Consequential Provision) (NHS Foundation Trusts) Order 2004]]</ref> has a right to discharge the patient under the provisions of section 23(3) of the Act, to that authority [or trust];<ref name="AR"/>

:(f)	to any other person who, in the opinion ofthe tribunal, should have an opportunity of being heard.

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