Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015
Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (2015 asp 9)
- Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (2015 asp 9)
- PART 1 THE 2003 ACT
- Procedure for compulsory treatment
- 1 Measures until application determined
- 2 Information where order extended
- 3 Transfer to another hospital
- Emergency, short-term and temporary steps
- 4 Emergency detention in hospital
- 5 Short-term detention in hospital
- 6 Meaning of temporary compulsion
- Suspension of orders and measures
- 7 Suspension of orders on emergency detention
- 8 Suspension of orders on short-term detention
- 9 Suspension of detention for certain purposes
- 10 Maximum suspension of particular measures
- Specification of hospital units
- 11 Specification for detention measures
- 12 Transfer of prisoner to hospital unit
- 13 Transfer from specified unit
- Orders regarding level of security
- 14 Requirement for medical report
- 15 Process for enforcement of orders
- 16 Orders relating to non-state hospitals
- 17 Section 16: exercise of powers before commencement
- 18 Meaning of hospital in sections 264 to 273 of the 2003 Act
- Removal and detention of patients
- 19 Notifying decisions on removal orders
- 20 Detention pending medical examination
- Periodical referral of cases
- 21 Periodical referral of cases
- Representation by named persons
- 22 Named person not to be automatic
- 23 Consent to being named person
- 24 Appointment of named person
- 25 Ability to act if no named person
- Advance statements and patients' rights
- 26 Advance statements to be registered
- 27 Information about advocacy services
- 28 Communication at medical examination etc.
- 29 Conflicts of interest to be avoided
- 30 Safeguarding the patient's interest
- Services and accommodation for mothers
- 31 Services and accommodation for mothers
- Cross-border transfers and absconding patients
- 32 Cross-border transfer of patients
- 33 Dealing with absconding patients
- Arrangements for treatment of prisoners
- 34 Agreement to transfer of prisoners
- 35 Compulsory treatment of prisoners
- Provision of information by the Commission
- 36 Provision of information by the Commission
- Review of deaths of patients in hospital for treatment
- 37 Review of deaths of patients in hospital for treatment
- PART 2 CRIMINAL CASES
- Making and effect of disposals
- 38 Making certain orders in remand cases
- 39 Detention under compulsion orders
- 40 Periods for assessment orders
- 41 Periods for treatment orders
- 42 Periods for short-term compulsion
- 43 Periods for compulsion orders
- 44 Periods for hospital directions
- Variation of certain orders
- 45 Variation of interim compulsion orders
- 46 Transfer of patient to suitable hospital
- Specification of hospital units
- 47 Specification of unit
- 48 Transfer from specified unit
- 49 Consequential repeals
- Miscellaneous amendments
- 50 Information on extension of compulsion order
- 51 Notification of changes to compulsion order
- 52 Effect of revocation of restriction order
- 53 Clarification of meaning of compulsion order
- PART 3 VICTIMS' RIGHTS
- Information and representations
- 54 Right to information: offender imprisoned
- 55 Right to information: compulsion order
- 56 Right to make representations
- Additional provisions
- 57 Information sharing
- 58 Associated definitions
- 59 Power to make modifications
- 60 Amendments to the 2003 Act
- PART 4 COMMENCEMENT AND SHORT TITLE
- 61 Commencement
- 62 Short title
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