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Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008

Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008

2008 asp 5

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Part 4 .Public Health Functions of Health Boards

Variation and extension of orders

Section 50 Application for variation of quarantine and hospital detention orders

97.This section provides that a health board, if it considers it appropriate, may apply to the sheriff for an order modifying a quarantine, short term detention or exceptional detention order.

98.Subsection (3) sets out what must be specified in such an application: the order which it is proposed to modify; the person to whom it applies; and the modification which it is proposed to make. An application must include a certificate from a health board competent person in accordance with subsection (4).

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