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PART IIIRECEPTION OF PERSONS IN SCOTLAND

Provision of assistance to patient with communication difficulties

44.  Section 261 of the Act shall have effect with respect to patients received in Scotland subject to the modification that for paragraph (a) of subsection (3) substitute–

(a)any assessment, including medical examination, carried out under regulation 36 of the Mental Health (Cross border transfer: patients subject to detention requirement or otherwise in hospital) (Scotland) Regulations 2005..