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Change of residence of single patients.
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56.—(1) Any person having charge of a single patient may change his residence and remove the patient to any new residence of such person in England.
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(2) Seven clear days before a change of residence, the person having charge of a single patient shall give notice in writing thereof, and of the place of the new residence, to the Commissioners and to the person on whose petition the reception order was made, or by whom the last payment on account of the patient was made.
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(3) Any person having charge of a single patient, with the previous consent of a Commissioner, may take or send the patient, under proper control, to any specified place or places, for any definite time, for the benefit of his health [1
or permit the patient to be absent upon trial for such period as may be thought fit].
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(4) Before any consent by a Commissioner is given, the approval in writing of the person on whose petition the reception order was made, or by whom the last payment on account of the patient was made, shall be produced to the Commissioner, unless, on cause being shown, he dispenses with the same.
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Boarding-out Lunatics.
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[1 Words in brackets added by 54 & 55 Vict. c. 65, s. 10.] |
