Mental Health Act 20266
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Disclosure of previous application for involuntary admission | ||
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16. (1) In making a request for an application for a recommendation for involuntary admission or a direct application for a recommendation for involuntary admission, as the case may be, the requester or the direct applicant, as the case may be, shall, in so far as he or she is aware, disclose to the authorised officer or, in the case of a direct applicant, to the registered medical practitioner— | ||
(a) any previous refusal by a registered medical practitioner to make a recommendation for the involuntary admission of the person, the subject of the request or the direct application concerned, under— | ||
(i) section 15 (4), or | ||
(ii) section 10 of the Act of 2001, | ||
(b) the date of and circumstances relating to any such previous refusal, and | ||
(c) any previous refusal by an authorised officer to make an application for a recommendation for involuntary admission under section 13 and the date and circumstances relating to any such previous refusal. | ||
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class A fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to both. |