Mental Treatment Act, 1945

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Certificate by authorised medical officer making recommendation for reception that escort is necessary, etc.

169.—Where the authorised medical officer making a recommendation for reception certifies that the case is one in which an escort is required to ensure the safe conveyance of the person to whom the recommendation relates—

(a) the person to whom the certificate is issued may present it to the resident medical superintendent of the district mental hospital mentioned in the recommendation and thereupon the resident medical superintendent may, in his discretion, arrange for such escort as may be necessary,

(b) if the resident medical superintendent decides not to provide an escort, the person to whom the certificate is issued may present it to the member of the Gárda Síochána in charge of any Gárda Síochána station and thereupon that member shall arrange for such escort as may be necessary.