Mental Health (Renewal Orders) Act 2018

Amendment of section 16 of Act of 2001

5. Section 16 of the Act of 2001 is amended, in subsection (2), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (e):

“(ee) subject to section 15(3)(c) and (d), is entitled, by virtue of section 15(3)(b), to apply (or have his or her legal representative apply on the instructions of the patient or on the representative’s own initiative) to the Commission to have the patient’s detention further reviewed by a tribunal in accordance with the provisions of section 18,”.