1. These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Health (Cross-border Visits) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017.
2. These Regulations come into force on 30th June 2017.
3.—(1) Regulation 1(2) of the Mental Health (Cross-border Visits) (Scotland) Regulations 2008(1) (interpretation) is amended as follows.
(2) In the definition of “cross-border patient”, for “England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands” substitute “a relevant territory”.
(3) In the definition of “relevant territory”—
(a)omit the “or” immediately preceding paragraph (d); and
(b)at the end of that paragraph insert—
“; or
(e)a member State of the European Union (apart from the United Kingdom)”.
MAUREEN WATT
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
27th June 2017