Section 171 Effect of public protection orders

Not yet in force

(1)

Where a court makes a public protection order in respect of a person—

(a)

a constable or any other person directed to do so by the court must take the person to the establishment specified in the order;

(b)

the managing authority of that establishment must—

(i)

admit the person; and

(ii)

detain him or her in accordance with the relevant provisions; and

(c)

any question whether the person may be given any treatment while detained in pursuance of the order is (subject to section 243) to be determined in the same way as if the person were not so detained.

(2)

In this section “the relevant provisions” means—

(a)

in relation to a public protection order without restrictions, Chapter 3;

(b)

in relation to a public protection order with restrictions, Chapter 4 (but see sections 172 and 173).