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MENTAL HEALTH ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1961 - SECT 46

Special provisions for wards of court.

46.(1) An application for the admission to hospital of an infant who is a ward
of court may be made under this Part with the leave of the court; and
sub-section (2) of section thirteen shall not apply in relation to an
application so made.

(2) Where an infant being a ward of court is liable to be detained in hospital
by virtue of an application for admission under this Part, any power
exercisable under this Part in relation to the patient by his nearest relative
shall be exercisable by or with the leave of the court.

(3) Nothing in this Part shall be construed as authorising the making of a
guardianship application in respect of an infant who is a ward of court, or
the transfer into guardianship of any such infant.

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