Subparagraph (c) of the new subsection (4A) sets out the circumstances in which an automatic referral must be made in respect of patients who are subject to a community treatment order (CTO) ("community patients"). Subsection 4(f)(ii) amends section 68 subsection (5) of the 1983 Act so that reference to "the applicable day" in respect to community patients means the date on which the CTO was made. These provisions provide that a hospital manager is under a duty to refer a community patient to the Tribunal on the expiry of six months, 12 months and thereafter every subsequent period of 12 months from the date on which the CTO was made.
Periods for applications and references to the tribunal Section 31: References to tribunal Community patients