# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Section 214: Transfer of civil prisoner or immigration detainee to hospital

Status: prospective

(1) Where—
(a) a person is a civil prisoner or an immigration detainee, and
(b) the conditions for giving a direction under this section are met (see section 223),
the Department of Justice may by warrant direct that that person be removed to a hospital specified in the direction.
(2) The managing authority of the hospital specified in the direction must—
(a) admit the person; and
(b) detain him or her in accordance with section 215.
(3) In this section—
“a civil prisoner” means a person committed by a court to prison for a limited term, other than a person serving a relevant sentence (as defined by section 211);
“an immigration detainee” means a person detained under the Immigration Act 1971 or under section 62 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/214 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-214
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