When is the deadline for secretary of state's reference for a conditionally discharged patient subject to deprivation of liberty conditions?
The catalogue records a 12 months period from The date on which the patient most recently became subject to conditions amounting to a deprivation of liberty. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 12 months
- Trigger
- The date on which the patient most recently became subject to conditions amounting to a deprivation of liberty
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- No power to extend in an individual case. The duty is disapplied by s.75(2D) where the patient's case was considered by the appropriate tribunal during the period in question. Section 75(2F) permits the Secretary of State to vary the length of the periods by order, and s.75(2G) governs what such an order may contain.
- NEW LAW IN FORCE 18 FEBRUARY 2026, inserted by MHA 2025 s.32 ('References: restricted patients subject to deprivation of liberty conditions'), commenced by MHA 2025 s.56. Confidence on s.75(2D) is slightly lower than on (2C) because the (2D) wording was returned in summary rather than fully verbatim; verify before relying on the disapplication.