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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 22

22 .         Inpatient treatment order

        (1)         An inpatient treatment order is an order in force under this Act under which a person can be admitted by a hospital, and detained there, to enable the person to be provided with treatment without informed consent being given to the provision of the treatment.

        (2)         An inpatient treatment order authorising a person’s detention at an authorised hospital may be made under section 55(1)(a), 56(1)(a)(i), 72(1)(a), 120(2)(a), 123(1)(a) or 131(2)(a).

        (3)         An inpatient treatment order authorising a person’s detention at a general hospital may be made under section 61(1)(a) or 131(2)(a).



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