Specification of hospital units
11Specification for detention measures
(1)The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 is amended as follows.
(2)In section 36 (emergency detention in hospital), after subsection (12) there is inserted—
“(13)A reference in this section to a hospital may be read as a reference to a hospital unit.
(14)For the purpose of subsection (13) above, “hospital unit” means any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit.”.
(3)In section 44 (short-term detention in hospital), after subsection (11) there is inserted—
“(12)In this section and sections 46 to 49 of this Act, a reference to a hospital may be read as a reference to a hospital unit.
(13)For the purposes of subsection (12) above, “hospital unit” means any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit.”.
(4)After section 71 there is inserted—
“71ACompulsory treatment in hospital unit
(1)In sections 62 to 68 of this Act, a reference to a hospital may be read as a reference to a hospital unit.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) above, “hospital unit” means any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit.”.
12Transfer of prisoner to hospital unit
(1)The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 is amended as follows.
(2)In section 136 (transfer of prisoners for treatment for mental disorder), after subsection (10) there is inserted—
“(11)A reference in this section to a hospital may be read as a reference to a hospital unit.
(12)For the purpose of subsection (11) above, “hospital unit” means any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit.”.
13Transfer from specified unit
(1)The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 is amended as follows.
(2)After section 124 there is inserted—
“124ATransfer to other hospital unit
(1)Subsection (2) below applies where—
(a)the detention of a patient in hospital is authorised by—
(i)a compulsory treatment order, or
(ii)an interim compulsory treatment order, and
(b)that order specifies the hospital unit in which the patient is to be detained.
(2)The managers of the hospital in which the patient is detained may transfer the patient to another hospital unit within the same hospital.
(3)In relation to a transfer or proposed transfer under subsection (2) above, section 124(4) to (14) of this Act applies subject to the following modifications—
(a)a reference to section 124(2) is to be read as a reference to subsection (2) above,
(b)subsection (10)(a) is to be ignored,
(c)in subsection (12), a reference to the hospital from which the patient is transferred is to be read as a reference to the hospital in which the patient is detained,
(d)in subsections (13)(b) and (14), a reference to the hospital to which the patient is transferred is to be read as a reference to the hospital unit to which the patient is transferred.
(4)For the purposes of this section, “hospital unit” means any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit.”.