Reg 10A text

Detention or guardianship after absence without leave for more than 28

10A.[1] Any report for the purposes of section 21B(2) (authority for detention or guardianship of patients who are taken into custody or return after more than 28 days) -

(a) in relation to a patient who is liable to be detained, shall be in the form set out in Part I of Form 31A; and
(b) in relation to a patient who is subject to guardianship, shall be in the form set out in Part I of Form 31B

and the receipt of that report shall be recorded by the managers of the hospital in which the patient is liable to be detained or, as the case may be, the responsible local social services authority in the form set out in Part II of Form 31A or, as the case may be, 31B.

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