Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015

12Transfer of prisoner to hospital unitS

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

(2)In section 136 (transfer of prisoners for treatment for mental disorder), after subsection (10) there is inserted—

(11)A reference in this section to a hospital may be read as a reference to a hospital unit.

(12)For the purpose of subsection (11) above, “hospital unit” means any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit..

Commencement Information

I1S. 12 in force at 30.6.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/197, art. 2, sch.