Scenario: s.5(2) completed at 9pm and unsigned by s.12 doctor, doctor returns at 7am and signs it.
Surely this is an invalid section but where do i find legislation or case law for this?
Isn’t there a stipulation the paperwork must be placed in the hospital managers in-tray for it to take effect?
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It wasn’t completed at 21:00; it was completed at 07:00.
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the isle of man are different so not for us
That surprises me because s5(2) of the IoM Act still makes reference that “a doctor may make a report in writing to the hospital managers” … “and that in such a case” the person may be detained.