Mental Health Act 20266
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Transitional provisions: admission and renewal orders for adults | ||
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251. (1) Subject to sections 252 (4) and 254 (6), a relevant order in respect of a person that is in force immediately before the relevant date shall, subject to the modifications specified in subsection (2), continue in force on and after the relevant date, and accordingly the Act of 2001, as it stood immediately before the date on which this section comes into operation (in this section referred to as the “relevant date”), shall continue to have effect in respect of the person concerned until the earlier of— | ||
(a) the date an involuntary admission order is made under Part 3 in respect of the person the subject of the relevant order, | ||
(b) the date the person the subject of the relevant order is discharged following its revocation under section 18, 19 or 28 of the Act of 2001, or | ||
(c) the date of the expiration of the relevant order. | ||
(2) The modifications referred to in subsection (1) are— | ||
(a) subsections (3), (4), (6), (7) and (8) of section 8 shall apply in respect of the making of any decision relating to a person the subject of a relevant order that continues in force under subsection (1) as if that person were an applicable person (within the meaning of that section), and | ||
(b) Chapter 4 of Part 3 and section 192 shall, notwithstanding subsection (1), apply in respect of a person the subject of a relevant order as if that person were an involuntarily admitted person. |