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(1)The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 is amended as follows.
(2)In section 273 (interpretation of Chapter)—
(a)the words up to the end of the definition of “relevant patient” become subsection (1),
(b)after that subsection there is inserted—
“(2)In this Chapter, a reference to a hospital may be read as a reference to a hospital unit.
(3)For the purposes of this Chapter, “hospital unit” means any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit.”.
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