Legislation

Section 82 – Removal to England and Wales of patients from Northern Ireland

Introduction

This section allows for the responsible Northern Irish authority to transfer a patient to hospital, or into guardianship, in England or Wales. Transfer must be in the patient’s interests and arrangements made to receive the patient in England or Wales. Linked recording obligations are contained in regulation 15 of the Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and […]

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