(1)The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 is amended as follows.
(2)In section 53B (review and extension of interim compulsion order)—
(a)in subsection (4)—
(i)the words from “if satisfied” to the end become paragraph (a),
(ii)after that paragraph (as so numbered) there is inserted “, and
(b)if it seems appropriate to do so, direct that the offender be admitted to the hospital specified in the direction.”,
(b)in subsection (6), after the word “order” there is inserted “ or make a direction specifying a hospital ”,
(c)after subsection (7) there is inserted—
“(7A)Where a direction is made under subsection (4) above, the interim compulsion order has effect as if the hospital specified in the direction were the hospital specified in the order.”.
Commencement Information
I1S. 45 in force at 30.9.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/197, art. 2, sch.