Amendment of section 136
41.Section 136 of the 2003 Act provides for the Scottish Ministers to authorise the transfer of prisoners to hospital for treatment for mental disorder.
42.Section 12 provides that references in section 136 of the 2003 Act to a “hospital” may be read as references to a “hospital unit”, and defines “hospital unit” as meaning any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit. This makes clear that a transfer for treatment direction may authorise the transfer of prisoners to, and their detention in, specific hospital units.