86 Removal of alien patients
Mental Health Act 1983 (1983 c 20) | Legislation

Removal of aliens

86  Removal of alien patients

(1)     This section applies to any patient who is neither a British citizen nor a Commonwealth citizen having the right of abode in the United Kingdom by virtue of section 2(1)(b) of the Immigration Act 1971, being a patient who is receiving treatment for [mental disorder] as an in-patient in a hospital in England and Wales or a hospital within the meaning of the Mental Health [(Northern Ireland) Order 1986] and is detained pursuant to—

(a)     an application for admission for treatment or [a report under Article 12(1) or 13 of that

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