Part 17

Patient representation etc.
Chapter 3

Detention in conditions of excessive security

Interpretation of Chapter

Interpretation of Chapter
273
1
In this Chapter—
- “relevant Health Board” means, in relation to a patient of such description as may be specified in regulations, the Health Board, or Special Health Board—
  1. of such description as may be so specified; or
  2. determined under such regulations; and
- “
relevant patient
” means a patient whose detention in hospital is authorised by—
  1. if the patient is also subject to a restriction order, a compulsion order,
  2. a hospital direction, or
  3. a transfer for treatment direction.
2
In this Chapter, a reference to a hospital may be read as a reference to a hospital unit.
3
For the purposes of this Chapter, “
hospital unit
” means any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit.
Part 17 Chapter 3 (ss. 264 - 273) in force 1.5.2006 or such earlier day as the Scottish Ministers may by order appoint, see s. 333(2)
S. 273 in force at 6.1.2006 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 4, Sch. 2
S. 273 in force at 1.5.2006 or such earlier day as the Scottish Ministers may by order appoint, see s. 333(2)
Words in s. 273 substituted (16.11.2015) by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 9), ss. 16(6), 61(2); S.S.I. 2015/361, art. 2
Words in s. 273 renumbered as s. 273(1) (16.11.2015) by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 9), ss. 18(2)(a), 61(2); S.S.I. 2015/361, art. 2
S. 273(2)(3) inserted (16.11.2015) by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 9), ss. 18(2)(b), 61(2); S.S.I. 2015/361, art. 2