Mental Health Act 2014

For a continued community treatment order in respect of an involuntary community patient who, immediately before commencement day, had not been examined under the 1996 Act section 75, the first treatment period under section 118 is the period —

beginning on the day on which the order was made under the 1996 Act; and

ending on the day on which the order expires as specified in the order under the 1996 Act section 68(1)(d).

An examination of the involuntary community patient under a continued community treatment order that was conducted for the purposes of the 1996 Act section 75 before commencement day is taken to be an examination of the involuntary community patient conducted for the purposes of section 118.