# The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, Paragraph 1

Extent: N.I.

(1) In this Schedule “supervision and treatment order” means an order requiring the person in respect of whom it is made ( “the supervised person”)—
(a) to be under the supervision of a social worker or probation officer ( “the supervising officer”) for a period specified in the order of not more than 3 years; and
(b) to submit, during the whole of that period or such part of it as may be specified in the order, to treatment by or under the direction of a medical practitioner with a view to the improvement of his mental condition.
(2) The Secretary of State may by order direct that sub-paragraph (1) shall be amended by substituting, for the period specified in that sub-paragraph, such period as may be specified in the order.
(3) An order under sub-paragraph (2) may make in paragraph 8(2) any amendment which the Secretary of State thinks necessary in consequence of any substitution made by the order.
(4) An order under sub-paragraph (2) is subject to negative resolution.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/595/schedule/2A/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-northern-ireland-order-1986/schedule-2A/paragraph-1
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