[22 Special provisions as to patients sentenced to imprisonment, etc]
Mental Health Act 1983 (1983 c 20) | Legislation

[22  Special provisions as to patients sentenced to imprisonment, etc]

[(1)     If—

(a)     a qualifying patient is detained in custody in pursuance of any sentence or order passed or made by a court in the United Kingdom (including an order committing or remanding him in custody); and

(b)     he is so detained for a period exceeding, or for successive periods exceeding in the aggregate, six months,

the relevant application shall cease to have effect on expiry of that period.

(2)     A patient is a qualifying patient for the purposes of this section if—

(a)     he is liable to be detained by virtue of an application for admission for treatment;

(b)     he is subject to guardianship

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