Schedule 3 - Repeals
214.The following provisions amend the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp13).
215.At present, paragraph 4(3)(b) of schedule 2 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 provides that a member of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland must vacate office on the day on which the member reaches the age of 70. The repeal of paragraph 4(3)(b) of schedule 2 removes this requirement.
216.The repeal of paragraph 4(6)(b) of schedule 2 removes reference to the Tribunal members’ age as one of the circumstances by which they would not be reappointed after a current 5 year appointment has ended.
Parliamentary History
The following table sets out, for each Stage of the proceedings in the Scottish Parliament on the Bill for this Act, the dates on which the proceedings at that Stage took place, the references to the Official Report of those proceedings and the dates on which Committee Reports and other papers relating to the Bill were published, and references to those Reports and other papers.
| Proceedings and Reports | Reference |
|---|---|
| Introduction | |
| 14 December 2004 | Bill as introduced (SP Bill 33) |
| Stage 1 | |
| (a) Health Committee | |
| 1st Meeting 2005 (Session 2) | 11 January 2005, Cols 1493 - 1530 & Minutes |
| 5th Meeting 2005 (Session 2) | 22 February 2005, Cols 1626 – 1658 & Minutes |
| 6th Meeting 2005 (Session 2) | 1 March 2005, Cols 1661 – 1702 & Minutes |
| 7th Meeting 2005 (Session 2) | 8 March 2005, Cols 1704 – 1760 & Minutes |
| 8th Meeting 2005 (Session 2) | 15 March 2005, Cols 1763 – 1834 & Minutes |
| 22 April 2005: | Stage 1 Report on the Smoking etc. (Scotland) Bill (SP Paper 322) |
| 6th Report 2005 (Session 2): Stage 1 Report on Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Bill | |
| (b) Subordinate Legislation Committee | |
| 11th Meeting 2005 (Session 2) | 12 April 2005, Cols 942 – 945 & Minutes |
| Report to Health Committee | [refer to Health Committee report] |
| (c)Finance Committee | |
| 5th Meeting 2005 (Session 2) | 8 February2005, Cols 2309 – 2334 & Minutes |
| 7th Meeting 2005 (Session 2) | 1 March 2005, Cols 2421 – 2441 & Minutes |
| Report to Health Committee | [refer to Health Committee report] |
| (d) Consideration by Parliament | |
| Stage 1 debate 28 April 2005 | Vol. 2, No. 67 (Session 2) Cols 16471 – 16524 |
| Stage 2 | |
| (a) Health Committee | |
| 14th Meeting 2005 (Session 2) | 17 May 2005, Cols 1942 – 1984 & Minutes |
| 15th Meeting 2005 (Session 2) | 24 May 2005, Cols 1987 –1994 & Minutes |
| 16th Meeting 2005 (Session 2) | 31 May 2005,Cols 1997 – 2018 & Minutes |
| 17th Meeting 2005 (Session 2) | 7 June 2005, Cols 2022 – 2035 & Minutes |
| 18th Meeting 2005 (Session 2) | 14 June 2005, Cols 2037 – 2076 & Minutes |
| (b) Subordinate Legislation Committee | |
| 21st Meeting 2005 (Session 2) | 21 June 2005, Cols 1110 – 1113 & Minutes |
| Bill (as Amended at Stage 2) | SP Bill 33A |
| Stage 3 | |
| Consideration by Parliament | |
| Stage 3 debate, 30 June 2005 | Vol. 3, No. 12 (Session 2) Cols 18613 – 18636 and 18678 – 18747 |
| Bill passed, 30 June 2005 | Bill as passed (SP Bill 33B) |
| Royal Assent | |
| 05 August 2005 | Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp13) |
