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Version date: 15 December 2011 - onwards
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Schedule 2 Urgent cases: reference to the court etc

Section 7.

Application

1 This Schedule applies if the Secretary of State -

(a) makes the relevant decisions in relation to an individual, and

(b) imposes measures on the individual.

Statement of urgency

2 The TPIM notice must include a statement that the Secretary of State reasonably considers that the urgency of the case requires measures to be imposed without obtaining the permission of the court under section 6.

Reference to court

3

(1) Immediately after serving the TPIM notice, the Secretary of State must refer to the court the imposition of the measures on the individual.

(2) The function of the court on the reference is to consider whether the relevant decisions of the Secretary of State were obviously flawed.

(3) The court's consideration of the reference must begin within the period of 7 days beginning with the day on which the TPIM notice is served on the individual.