The responsible clinician may recall a community patient to hospital if in his opinion—
The responsible clinician may also recall a community patient to hospital if the patient fails to comply with a condition specified under section 17B(3) above.
The hospital to which a patient is recalled need not be the responsible hospital.
Nothing in this section prevents a patient from being recalled to a hospital even though he is already in the hospital at the time when the power of recall is exercised; references to recalling him shall be construed accordingly.
The power of recall under subsections (1) and (2) above shall be exercisable by notice in writing to the patient.
A notice under this section recalling a patient to hospital shall be sufficient authority for the managers of that hospital to detain the patient there in accordance with the provisions of this Act.