Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13)

Part 7 Compulsory treatment orders

Chapter 1 Application for, and making of, orders

Effect of making of orders on short-term detention

70 Effect of subsequent order on short-term detention certificate

If a compulsory treatment order, or an interim compulsory treatment order, is made in respect of a patient who is in hospital under authority of a short-term detention certificate, the certificate shall, on the making of the order, be revoked.