Rule 147A Supervision and Treatment Order

Northern Ireland

(1)

In this Rule—

(a)

“the 1986 Order” means the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;

F1(b)

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(c)

“supervision and treatment order” means a supervision and treatment order under Schedule 2A to the 1986 Order;

(d)

“supervised person” and “supervising officer” have the meanings assigned to them by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2A to the 1986 Order:

(2)

An application to a court of summary jurisdiction under paragraph 7(2) or 8(1) of Schedule 2A to the 1986 Order shall be in Form 124 and shall be served on the clerk of petty sessions F2... at least 14 days before the hearing of the application and shall be accompanied by a copy of the supervision and treatment order, to which the application relates.

(3)

A copy of Form 124 and of the supervision and treatment order referred to in paragraph (2) shall also be served on the respondent.

(4)

The respondent to the application shall be either the supervised person if the applicant is the supervising officer, or the supervising officer if the applicant is the supervised person.

(5)

If the applicant or the respondent fails to appear or to be represented at the hearing of the application without reasonable excuse, the court, may adjourn the hearing, or may decide the application in his absence.]

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Rule 147A(1)(b) omitted (31.10.2016) by virtue of The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/304), rules 1, 3(32)(a); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)
F2: Words in rule 147A(2) omitted (31.10.2016) by virtue of The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/304), rules 1, 3(32)(b); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)

Notes on

Footnotes

f1: Section L inserted by S.R. 1997 No. 529 with effect from 01.01.98