MENTAL HEALTH ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1961 - SECT 9 Medical examination of persons requiring special care.

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MENTAL HEALTH ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1961 - SECT 9

Medical examination of persons requiring special care.

9.(1) Where

(a)a [Health and Social Services Board] receive a notification under section
eight of this Act or section thirty-two or section fifty-three of the
Education Act (Northern Ireland), 1947; and

(b)the person referred to in the notification has not, after the date of that
notification, been examined by a medical practitioner appointed for the
purposes of section nineteen..., and that person has not taken any steps to be
so examined or, where he is under the [upper limit of compulsory school age],
his nearest relative has not taken any steps to ensure that he is so examined;

(2) Where it appears to a [Health and Social Services Board] that a person who
is ordinarily resident within their area is a person requiring special care,
and that person has not been examined by a medical practitioner appointed for
the purposes of section nineteen, the [Board] may by notice in writing served
on that person (or, where he is under the [upper limit of
compulsory school age], on his nearest relative) require him to submit himself
(or, as the case may be, require his nearest relative to submit him) for
examination by such a practitioner.

(3) A notice under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall state the time and
place at which the examination will be held.

(4) A nearest relative upon whom a notice is served under sub-section (1) or
sub-section (2) shall, if he so desires, be entitled, subject to regulations
made under this Act, to be present at any medical examination carried out
pursuant to that sub-section.

(5) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with the
requirements of a notice served on him under sub-section (1) or sub-section
(2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine
not exceeding ten pounds.

Power to compel attendance at training centres.

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MENTAL HEALTH ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1961 - SECT 9