# The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, Paragraph 9

Extent: N.I.

(1) Where the medical practitioner by whom or under whose direction the supervised person is being treated for his mental condition in pursuance of any requirement of a supervision and treatment order—
(a) is of the opinion mentioned in sub-paragraph (2); or
(b) is for any reason unwilling to continue to treat or direct the treatment of the supervised person,
he shall make a report in writing to that effect to the supervising officer and that officer shall apply under paragraph 8 to a court of summary jurisdiction ... for the variation or cancellation of the requirement.
(2) The opinion referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is—
(a) that the treatment of the supervised person should be continued beyond the period specified in the supervision and treatment order;
(b) that the supervised person needs different treatment, being treatment of a kind to which he could be required to submit in pursuance of such an order;
(c) that the supervised person has failed without reasonable excuse to comply with any of the requirements of the treatment;
(d) that the supervised person is not susceptible to treatment; or
(e) that the supervised person does not require further treatment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/595/schedule/2A/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-northern-ireland-order-1986/schedule-2A/paragraph-9
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