The Mental Health (Cross-border transfer: patients subject to detention requirement or otherwise in hospital) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 No. 229

PART 2 Amendments to the principal Regulations

CHAPTER 2 Amendments to Part 2 (Removal of patients from Scotland)

Amendment of regulation 8

10.  In regulation 8(1) of the principal Regulations (information and factors to be considered in respect of an application for a warrant for removal), for the words from “the information” to the end substitute―

“(a) the information provided by the responsible medical officer in the application; and

(b) any wishes or preferences in relation to the proposal to remove the patient from Scotland of which the Scottish Ministers have been informed by a person invited to do so in a notice under regulation 5.”.