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Paragraph 67 F1

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

For the purposes of paragraphs 68 to 73 there is an unauthorised deprivation of liberty if—

(a)

a person is already a detained resident in a hospital or care home, and

(b)

the detention of the person is not authorised as mentioned in section 4A.

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F1

Sch. A1 inserted (1.4.2008 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.2009) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12) , ss. 50 , 56 , Sch. 7 ; S.I. 2008/745 , art. 4(a) ; S.I. 2009/139 , art. 2(c) (with art. 3 , Sch. paras. 3 , 4 )