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Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015

Parliamentary History of Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015

173.The following table sets out, for each Stage of the proceedings in the Scottish Parliament on the Bill for the Act, the dates on which proceedings at that Stage took place, the references to the Official Report of those proceedings and the dates on which Committee Reports were published and the references to those Reports.

Proceedings and reportsReference
Introduction
19 June 2014SP Bill 53 Session 4
Stage 1
(a) Health and Sport Committee
24th meeting 201430 September 2014, cols 2 - 28
26th meeting 201407 October 2014, cols 2 – 32
29th meeting 201411 November 2014, cols 35 – 59
30th meeting 201418 November 2014, cols 26 – 44
32nd meeting 201402 December 2014, cols 4 - 28
3rd Report, 2015 (Session 4): Stage 1 Report on Mental Health (Scotland) BillSP Paper 663
(b) Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
23rd meeting 201405 August 2014, cols 1573 - 1576
36th meeting 201416 December 2014, cols 25 - 27
61st Report, 2014 (Session 4): Mental Health (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1SP Paper 604
(c) Consideration by Parliament
12 March 2015Cols 52 - 94
Stage 2
(a) Health and Sport Committee
16th meeting 201519 May 2015, cols 2 – 55
17th meeting 201526 May 2015, cols 1 - 41
Stage 3
(a) Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
21st meeting 201516 June 2015, col 12
40th Report, 2015 (Session 4): Mental Health (Scotland) Bill as amended at Stage 2SP Paper 762
(b) Consideration by the Parliament
24 June 2015Cols 29 - 123
Royal Assent
4 August 2015http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/9/contents/enacted

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