# The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, Paragraph 5


(1) This paragraph applies where immediately before the appointed day a patient is detained in hospital in pursuance of an application for admission under section 12 of the 1961 Act but a report under section 19 of that Act has not been made in respect of him.
(2) The patient may be detained in hospital for a period not exceeding 21 days beginning with the day on which he was admitted to hospital.
(3) This Order (except Articles 4 to 11) shall apply to the patient as if for the reference in Article 12(1) to the period for which a patient is detained for assessment by virtue of Article 9(8) there were substituted a reference to the period for which the patient is detained by virtue of sub-paragraph (2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/595/schedule/6/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-northern-ireland-order-1986/schedule-6/paragraph-5
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