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Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Compulsory care and rehabilitation of prisoners and former special patients - Assessment of prisoners and former special patients

29: Application for assessment of prisoner or former special patient

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"Asking for a prisoner or former patient to be checked for an intellectual disability"

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If you are a manager of a prison, you can ask for a prisoner to be assessed to see if they have an intellectual disability. You can only do this if you have good reasons to think the prisoner might have an intellectual disability. A Director of Area Mental Health Services under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 can also ask for a former special patient to be assessed if they think the patient has an intellectual disability. You can ask a staff member to make the application for you if you are a prison manager.

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Part 4Compulsory care and rehabilitation of prisoners and former special patients
Assessment of prisoners and former special patients

29Application for assessment of prisoner or former special patient

  1. A manager of a prison may apply to the co-ordinator to have a prisoner assessed under this subpart, if there are reasonable grounds for believing that the prisoner has an intellectual disability.

  2. A Director of Area Mental Health Services under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 may apply to the co-ordinator to have a former special patient assessed under this subpart, if there are reasonable grounds for believing that the patient has an intellectual disability.

  3. A manager may authorise any staff member of the prison to make the application referred to in subsection (1).

Notes
  • Section 29 heading: amended, on , by section 206 of the Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50).
  • Section 29(1): amended, on , by section 206 of the Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50).
  • Section 29(3): amended, on , by section 206 of the Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50).