Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 9)

PART 1 S THE 2003 ACT

Arrangements for treatment of prisoners S

34 Agreement to transfer of prisoners S

(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 paragraph (a) of subsection (3) there is inserted—

“(aa) that—

(i) a mental health officer has agreed to the making of the direction, or

(ii) it has been impracticable to obtain the agreement of a mental health officer;”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 34 in force at 30.6.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/197, art. 2, sch.