2 Prescribed persons
The persons prescribed for the purposes of section 17(2)(k) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (persons in addition to those specifically mentioned who must afford the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland or a person authorised by the Commission certain facilities) are any persons who provide, under contract to, or by arrangement with, a Health Board, a Special Health Board or a local authority, services in connection with any of the functions of those bodies under that Act.