Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006

Clinical director of designated centre to be notified of date on which prisoner detained in centre ceases to be prisoner, etc.

16.— (1) Where a prisoner is detained in a designated centre pursuant to section 15 , the Governor of the prison from which the prisoner was transferred to the centre shall, as soon as it is practicable to do so, give notice in writing to the clinical director of the centre of—

(a) the date, if known, on which the prisoner will cease to be a prisoner, and

(b) any change to such date.

(2) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting, on and after the date on which a prisoner who is detained in a designated centre pursuant to section 15 ceases to be a prisoner, the voluntary or involuntary admission to or detention in any place of the former prisoner pursuant to the provisions of the Act of 2001 or any other enactment.

(3) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting any steps being taken, before the date on which a prisoner who is detained in a designated centre pursuant to section 15 ceases to be a prisoner, to ascertain whether or not the prisoner should, on or after that date, be admitted or detained as mentioned in subsection (2).