Section 70 Applications to tribunals concerning restricted patients.
England and Wales
A patient who is a restricted patient within the meaning of section 79 below and is detained in a hospital may apply to F1the appropriate tribunal—
in the period between the expiration of six months and the expiration of 12 months beginning with the date of the relevant hospital order F2, hospital direction or transfer direction; and
in any subsequent period of 12 months.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 70 substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 6, Sch. 3 para. 51
- F2
Words in s. 70(a) inserted (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 43, s. 55, Sch. 4 para. 12(9); S.I 1997/2200, art. 2
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
For the words "Supreme Court Act 1981" there is substituted (1.10.2009) the words "Senior Courts Act 1981" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)