Health (Mental Services) Act, 1981

Disclosure of previous application for recommendation for reception.

18.—Where, after refusal of an application, a further application for a recommendation for reception is made in relation to the same person within a period of 3 months after the date of the previous application, the applicant, so far as he is aware of the facts relating to the previous application and its refusal, shall state these facts to the registered medical practitioner to whom the application is made.