When is the deadline for section 2 case - hearing must start within 10 days?
The catalogue records a 10 days period from The date on which the Tribunal received the application notice. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 10 days
- Trigger
- The date on which the Tribunal received the application notice
- Counting
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- Expressed in mandatory terms ('must start'), but it is a rule of procedure and so is capable of extension under HESC Rule 5(3)(a), and the Tribunal retains its general powers to postpone and adjourn. Departures do happen, typically where the patient's representative needs more time or a report is missing, but they require justification and are not routine.
- IMPORTANT: 'within 10 days AFTER the date' the Tribunal received the notice, so the receipt date itself is excluded from the count. This differs from the MHA formula 'beginning with', which includes the trigger day. The engine must apply two different counting conventions in the same s.2 matter: 14 days beginning with admission for the application, then 10 days after receipt fo