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Article 8 Procedure for short order or direction without appointment of a receiver

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Without prejudice to the generality of Rule 6, if it appears to the court that—

(a)

the property of the patient does not exceed £10,000 in value; or

(b)

it is otherwise appropriate to proceed under this rule,

and that it is not necessary to appoint a receiver for a patient, the court may make a short order or direction under this rule whether or not the application was made for the appointment of a receiver for the patient.

(3)

A short order or direction under this rule is an order or direction directing an officer of the court or some other suitable person named in the order or direction to deal with the patient’s property (or any part of it), or with his affairs, in any manner authorised by the Act and specified in the order or direction.