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PART 1THE 2003 ACT

Representation by named persons

22Named person not to be automatic

(1)The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 is amended as follows.

(2)Sections 251 and 253 are repealed.

(3)In subsection (2) of section 318 (false statements), sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) is repealed.

(4)In the definition in subsection (1) of section 329 (interpretation) of “named person”, after the words “the person” there is inserted “(if any)”.