Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984

76Interpretation of Part VI

(1)in the following provisions of this Part of this Act, that is to say—

(a)section 60(2) and (3);

(b)section 61 ;

(c)section 62(1); and

(d)section 68

and in section 178(3) or 379(3) of the [1975 c. 21.] Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 any reference to a hospital order, a guardianship order or a restriction order in respect of a patient subject to a hospital order shall be construed as including a reference to any order or direction under this Part of this Act having the like effect as the first-mentioned order; and the exceptions and modifications set out in the Second Schedule to this Act in respect of the provisions of Part V of this Act described in that Schedule accordingly include those which are consequential on the provisions of this subsection.

(2)References in this Part of this Act to persons serving a sentence of imprisonment shall be construed in accordance with section 71(7) of this Act.