Part 13Parts 8, 10 and 11: suspension

Assessment orders

223Certificate under section 221: revocation by Scottish Ministers

(1)

Subsection (2) below applies where a certificate is granted under section 221(2) of this Act.

(2)

If the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that it is necessary—

(a)

in the interests of the patient; or

(b)

for the protection of any other person,

that the certificate be revoked, the Scottish Ministers may revoke the certificate.

(3)

Where, under subsection (2) above, the Scottish Ministers revoke a certificate, they shall, as soon as practicable after the revocation, give notice of it to—

(a)

the patient;

(b)

the patient’s responsible medical officer; and

(c)

where a person is authorised for the purposes of section 221(6)(a) of this Act, that person.