Such as R v Bournewood Community and Mental Health NHS Trust ex parte L [1998] 1 CCLR 390
2.
The Code. Para. 1.4
3.
HC(90)23/LASSL(90)11
4.
The Code. Para. 27.2
5.
HC(90)23/LASSL(90)11. Para. 4
6.
Department of Health. Building Bridges — a guide to arrangements for inter-agency working for the care and protection of severely mentally ill people. November1995
7.
Building Bridges. Para. 3.1.3
8.
NHS & Community Care Act 1990. s. 47(1)
9.
NHS & Community Care Act 1990. s. 47(3)
10.
Paras 3.2.7, 3.2.8
11.
Department of Health. Modernising Mental Health Services. December1999
12.
NHS Executive Consultation Paper. March 1999, para. 35
13.
See ss 2 & 3 of the Act. Shorter term powers of detention are set out in ss 4, 5(2), 5(4), 135, 136
14.
See ss 35–53 of the Act. The Act also covers ‘civil’ prisoners see s. 48
15.
Not all these procedures will be available to patients who are detained in hospital via the courts under Part III of the Act.
16.
Para. 27.5
17.
S. 133 of the Act provides that unless the patient objects the hospital managers shall give the nearest relative 7 days, notice of the patient's discharge from hospital. See the Code, para. 14.3. The identity of the patient's nearest relative will depend on the patient's circumstances. S. 26 of the Act sets out the list of people who may be a person's nearest relative.
18.
Para. 20.12
19.
See s. 72 of the Act
20.
Defined in s. 145 of the Act. See also paragraphs 22.4–22.6
21.
Save for patients whose detention in hospital is subject to restrictions. See Part III of the Act, which deals with the criminal courts' powers to order a person's detention in hospital. Hospital managers could only discharge such patients with the Home Secretary's consent.
22.
Para. 22.4
23.
Para. 23.13
24.
Para. 23.18
25.
Para. 23.18
26.
Ch. 1 of the Code, para. 1.1
27.
Winterwerp v the Netherlands 2 ECHR 387
28.
See s. 26 of the Act
29.
S. 25(1)
30.
Para. 23.12
31.
The Times. 18 May 1998
32.
S. 117 covers people detained under ss 3, 37, 45A, 47, 48
33.
[1998] 1 CCLR 225
34.
Building Bridges. Paras 1.3.8, 1.3.9
35.
[1993] 3 All ER 170
36.
Para 27.7
37.
CO/2874/98, 23 April 1999, unreported
38.
S. 41 of the Act — the ‘restriction order’ imposes certain restrictions on the patient. For example the consent of the Home Secretary must be obtained before the patient can be given leave from hospital or transferred to another hospital.
39.
The judge rejected the submission that the CPA did not apply to Wales, pointing out that the Welsh Office Guidance (WHC(95)40) makes essentially the same provision
