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A compulsory treatment order lasts initially for six months. It may then be extended for six months after the first review and is renewable annually thereafter.Under section 75, the patient or his named person may apply for revocation of a determination extending a compulsory treatment order.
If we decide to commission external research, for example, we may consider it sensible to postpone any changes to the code in the light of the findings of such research.
We hope that no human rights difficulties would be encountered, as, one way or another, we will provide proper access to a court. May I ask a specific question? I understand that there may be no answer to it.
By that time we will know what is proposed in the budget—which may or may not have an effect—and have some indication of the position of the Rural Affairs Committee and the Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee.
In essence, we are crystal-ball gazing; we do not know what is going to happen. The figures may plateau or fall and the rates of growth in England and Scotland may be different.