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Transfer of person by clinical director in certain circumstances
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34. (1) Where, in relation to an involuntarily admitted person, the clinical director of a registered acute mental health centre is of the opinion that—
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(a) it would be for the benefit of the involuntarily admitted person in that registered acute mental health centre to be transferred to another registered acute mental health centre (other than the Central Mental Hospital), or
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(b) it is necessary for the purpose of obtaining special treatment, the details of which shall be specified in writing, for the person to be transferred to another registered acute mental health centre (other than the Central Mental Hospital),
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the clinical director of the first-mentioned registered acute mental health centre may arrange for the transfer of the involuntarily admitted person to the other registered acute mental health centre, with the consent of the clinical director of that second mentioned registered acute mental health centre.
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(2) Where an involuntarily admitted person is transferred to a registered acute mental health centre under subsection (1), the clinical director of the registered acute mental health centre from which the involuntarily admitted person has been transferred shall give notice in writing of the transfer to the Commission within 24 hours of the transfer having taken place.
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(3) An involuntarily admitted person may be detained in a registered acute mental health centre to which he or she has been transferred under subsection (1)(a) until the date of the expiration of the involuntary admission order pursuant to which he or she was detained in the registered acute mental health centre from which he or she was transferred.
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(4) A person who is transferred under subsection (1)(b) to another registered acute mental health centre may be kept there so long as is necessary for the purpose of the specified special treatment and shall then be taken back to the registered acute mental health centre from which he or she was transferred, which may not, in any event, be later than the date of the expiration of the involuntary admission order pursuant to which he or she was detained in the registered acute mental health centre from which he or she was transferred.
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(5) The detention of an involuntarily admitted person in another registered acute mental health centre under this section shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be detention in the registered acute mental health centre from which he or she has been transferred.
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(6) In this section, references to an involuntary admission order include references to a renewal order.
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