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MENTAL HEALTH ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1961 - SECT 28

Re-classification of mental disorder.

28.(1) Where

(a)a patient is for the time being detained in a hospital in pursuance of an
application for admission, or subject to guardianship in pursuance of a
guardianship application; and

(b)it appears to the responsible medical officer that the patient is suffering
from a form of mental disorder other than the form specified in the
application;

(2) Where a report is furnished under this section in respect of a patient who
has attained the age of sixteen years, the [Health and Social Services Board]
or guardian shall inform the patient and his nearest relative, and the patient
or that relative may, within the period of twenty-eight days beginning with
the day on which he is so informed, apply to the Review Tribunal.

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