Commentary on Sections Scope of consent or certificate under sections 235, 236, 238, 239 and 241
465.Section 247 provides that any consent or certificate given under section 235, 236, 238, 239 or 241 may relate to a plan of treatment which may involve one or more of the treatments specified, and may include a timescale for the administration of the treatments. For example, electro-convulsive therapy is usually given as a planned series of treatments. The consent or certificate in any case in which such therapy is to be given may relate to the whole of the proposed series of treatments, rather than to any individual instance of the treatment.