PART 1THE 2003 ACT

Orders regarding level of security

I118Meaning of hospital in sections 264 to 273 of the 2003 Act

1

The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 is amended as follows.

2

In section 273 (interpretation of Chapter)—

a

the words up to the end of the definition of “relevant patient” become subsection (1),

b

after that subsection there is inserted—

2

In this Chapter, a reference to a hospital may be read as a reference to a hospital unit.

3

For the purposes of this Chapter, “hospital unit” means any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit.