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

105Interim extension etc. of order: application under section 92
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(1)This section applies where an application is made under section 92 of this Act.

(2)Subject to section 107 of this Act, on the application of any person having an interest in the proceedings, or ex proprio motu, the Tribunal may, if it considers—

(a)that it will be unable to determine the application before the compulsory treatment order to which the application relates ceases to authorise the measures specified in it; and

(b)that it is appropriate, pending its determining the application, to—

(i)extend the order; or

(ii)extend and vary the order by modifying the measures, or any recorded matter, specified in it,

make an interim order extending, or extending and varying, the compulsory treatment order for such period not exceeding 28 days as may be specified in the order of the Tribunal.