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Revision as of 20:35, 13 October 2008
This section contains general articles to explain the concepts and terminology used in the caselaw and legislation sections, and practical guidance for lawyers (especially trainees). Please amend and add content where necessary. Feel free simply to add a page title, or the briefest of details, for someone else to expand upon. Articles with bold links have more detail than the others.
Practical guidance for lawyers
Legal Aid
Types of detention
Types of detention including the following:
- Hospital order (s37)
- Restriction order (s37/41)
- Interim hospital order (s38)
- Transfer direction (s47)
- Restriction direction (s49)
- Hospital direction (s45A)
- Limitation direction (s45A)
Time-limited restriction orders
Types of patient
Discharge
Discharge including the following:
- Routes to discharge:
- Types of discharge:
- Deferred discharge (in unrestricted cases)
Other
Please add any pages here which do not fit into the categories listed above.
Transfer (between hospitals)
Overview of the Mental Health Act 1983
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Victims' rights to make representations and receive information
Power to specify hospital units
Second Opinion Appointed Doctor
Application of MHA 1983 to Armed Forces