# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Section 211: Power to transfer person serving custodial sentence etc to hospital

Status: prospective

(1) Where—
(a) a person is serving a relevant sentence, and
(b) the conditions for giving a direction under this section are met (see section 212),
the Department of Justice may by warrant direct that the person be removed to a hospital specified in the direction.
(2) For the purposes of this section a person is “serving a relevant sentence” if—
(a) the person is detained under a custodial sentence (defined by section 253);
(b) the person is committed to custody for failure to comply with an order to enter into a recognizance to keep the peace or to be of good behaviour or both; or
(c) the person is committed by a court to a prison in default of payment of any sum adjudged to be paid on the person's conviction.
(3) In subsection (2)(c) “prison” includes a young offenders centre or juvenile justice centre.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/211 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-211
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