{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-act-1968/section-30A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-act-1968/section-30A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/19",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Appeal Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-act-1968",
  "path": "section/30A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "30A",
  "heading": "Effect of interim hospital orders",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where the Court of Appeal—\n(a) make an interim hospital order by virtue of any provision of this Part, or\n(b) renew an interim hospital order so made.\n(2) The court below shall be treated for the purposes of section 38(7) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (absconding offenders) as the court that made the order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 30A inserted (14.7.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 8 para. 8; S.I. 2008/1586, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 26 (with Sch. 2 para. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/19/section/30A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:31.036600+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}