Subparagraph (b) of the new subsection (4A) describes the circumstances in which an automatic referral must be made earlier and at more frequent intervals in respect of patients who are admitted for treatment under section 3 ("section 3 patients"). A hospital manager must refer a section 3 patient to the Tribunal, three months from the day on which the patient was first detained under section 3, including any period in which a patient was detained under section 2 for assessment. Where a section 3 patient’s detention is renewed, the hospital managers must make a referral to the Tribunal, 12 months from the day on which the patient was first detained and thereafter on any subsequent renewal, a referral must be made on the expiry of each subsequent 12-month period.
Periods for applications and references to the tribunal Section 31: References to tribunal Section 3 patients