Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 10)

Part 1 Protection of adults at risk of harm

Protection orders and visits: supplementary

39 Duty to grant warrants for entry: removal orders

(1) A sheriff who grants a removal order must also grant a warrant for entry in relation to a visit under section 16.

(2) Where—

(a) a removal order is varied, and

(b) the subject of the varied order has not yet been moved in pursuance of the order,

the warrant for entry granted under subsection (1) in relation to the order is, regardless of whether the warrant has already expired, to be treated for the purposes of section 37(2) as having been granted on the date of variation.