Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992

143 Reception orders
  • Every reception order made under section 24 of the Mental Health Act 1969 and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act,—

    • (a) to be a community treatment order, in any case where, on making the order, the Judge gave a direction under section 38 of the Mental Health Act 1969 that the person be received and detained in the house of a householder instead of in a hospital; or

    • (b) to be an inpatient order, in any other case.