Deferred discharge of unrestricted patient

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A Tribunal may defer the discharge of an unrestricted patient to a future date (s72(3)), for example when time is needed to finalise after-care arrangements. This should not be confused with a deferred conditional discharge in restricted cases (where the deferral is not to a specified date, but is until the conditions can be satisfied).