[20A Community treatment period]
Mental Health Act 1983 (1983 c 20) | Legislation

[20A  Community treatment period]

[(1)     Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, a community treatment order shall cease to be in force on expiry of the period of six months beginning with the day on which it was made.

(2)     That period is referred to in this Act as “the community treatment period”.

(3)     The community treatment period may, unless the order has previously ceased to be in force, be extended—

(a)     from its expiration for a period of six months;

(b)     from the expiration of any period of extension under paragraph (a) above for a further period of one year,

and so on for periods of one year at a time.

(4)     Within the period of two months ending on

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