http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/13/section/310/2011-04-01Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003An Act of the Scottish Parliament to restate and amend the law relating to mentally disordered persons; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-02-04Expert Participation2011-04-01 Part 20 Absconding<Emphasis>Absconding by certain other patients</Emphasis>Regulations as to absconding by other patients3101Regulations may provide as to—athe circumstances in which patients—iwho are subject to any of the orders or directions mentioned in subsection (3) below; andiiwho abscond or fail to comply with requirements imposed on them by virtue of the orders or directions to which they are subject or otherwise by virtue of this Act or the 1995 Act,are to be liable to be taken into custody by specified persons;bthe steps which may be taken by those persons upon their taking those patients into custody; andcthe effect (whether upon the orders or directions to which those patients are subject or otherwise) of such absconding or failure.2Regulations under subsection (1) above may include provision—arequiring patients' responsible medical officers to notify—ispecified courts;aispecified prosecutors;iithe Commission;iiithe Scottish Ministers,of such absconding or failure;bauthorising the use of reasonable force in the exercise of the powers conferred by virtue of subsection (1) above to take patients into custody and to take the steps referred to in that subsection;cfor—ithe review of those orders and directions; andiithe authorisation of measures additional to or different from those authorised by them,in consequence of such absconding or failure;dcorresponding to section 309 of this Act and any regulations which may be made under that section.3The orders referred to in subsection (1) above are—aassessment orders;btreatment orders;ctemporary compulsion orders made under section 54(1)(c) of the 1995 Act;dinterim compulsion orders; andecompulsion orders,and the directions there referred to are hospital directions and transfer for treatment directions.4In this section, “specified” means specified in the regulations.S. 310(2)(a)(ia) inserted (2.12.2004) by Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 Modification Order 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/533), arts. 1, 2(11)S. 310 in force at 21.3.2005 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 2, Sch. 1S. 310 in force at 5.10.2005 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 3 (as substituted (1.7.2005) by S.S.I. 2005/375, art. 2 and as amended (22.9.2005) by S.S.I. 2005/459, art. 2)