# The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2020, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order varies the length of the period which must elapse for a second opinion to be required for the continued administration of medicine to detained patients from three months to six months.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/46/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-northern-ireland-amendment-order-2020/note
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