Extension of community treatment order (1996 Act s. 76)
628 Extension of community treatment order (1996 Act s. 76)
Any extension of a continued community treatment order made under the 1996 Act section 76(1) that was in force immediately before commencement day is taken to be a continuation order made under section 121(1).
If, immediately before commencement day, an involuntary community patient under a continued community treatment order extended under the 1996 Act section 76(1) had requested a second opinion under section 76(3) of that Act but the second opinion had not been obtained, the request is taken to have been made under section 121(5) on the day on which it was made under the 1996 Act section 76(3).
[Section 628 inserted: No. 25 of 2014 s. 9.]
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