Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 — Scotland law | Esheria

Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003

This provision sets duties for people carrying out functions under the Act, and gives the Commission and Commission Visitors monitoring, investigation, and information-gathering powers.

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Jurisdiction
Scotland
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
en
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About this statute

This provision sets duties for people carrying out functions under the Act, and gives the Commission and Commission Visitors monitoring, investigation, and information-gathering powers. This provision sets out notice, consultation, revocation, and application steps for short-term detention, extension, and related compulsory treatment procedures. This provision sets out how a compulsory treatment order may be reviewed, extended, varied, or referred to the Tribunal, and the notices, records, and patient information that must be provided. The provision lets courts and medical officers use assessment, treatment, interim compulsion, and compulsion orders, and requires notice and reporting at several stages. The court, medical officers, and Scottish Ministers have several notice, review, and treatment-direction duties around compulsion orders, places of safety, and transfer for treatment.