Part 17

Patient representation etc.
Chapter 2

Advocacy etc.

Advocacy

Information gathering
259A
1
Each of the bodies mentioned in subsection (2) below must give the Commission such information as the Commission may from time to time seek on how the body—
a
has, during a period of at least 2 years specified by the Commission, been exercising the functions conferred on the body by section 259 of this Act, and
b
intends, during a period of at least 2 years specified by the Commission, to exercise the functions conferred on the body by section 259 of this Act.
2
The bodies are—
a
a local authority,
b
a Health Board,
c
the State Hospitals Board for Scotland.
S. 259A inserted (30.6.2017) by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 9), ss. 27(2), 61(2); S.S.I. 2017/197, art. 2, sch.