Legislation

Section 40 – Effect of hospital orders, guardianship orders and interim hospital orders

Introduction

The general effect of this section is to make hospital orders equivalent to applications for admission for treatment under section 3, and guardianship orders equivalent to civil guardianships under section 7. As a result, hospital and guardianship orders are are managed in largely the same way as civil patients. However, that does not apply to […]

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