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The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2017

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PRELIMINARY

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and interpretation

    2. 2.Appointed day

  3. TRANSITIONAL AND SAVINGS PROVISION

    1. COMPULSORY TREATMENT ORDERS AND COMPULSION ORDERS

      1. 3.Section 87A of the 2003 Act: further information where compulsory treatment order extended

      2. 4.Section 153A of the 2003 Act: further information on extension of compulsion order

  4. EMERGENCY AND SHORT-TERM DETENTION

    1. 5.Emergency detention in hospital: exclusion for patients where section 113(5) of the 2003 Act applies

    2. 6.Section 46 of the 2003 Act: notification by hospital managers

  5. SUSPENSION OF ORDERS AND MEASURES

    1. 7.Section 43 of the 2003 Act: suspension of orders during emergency detention

    2. 8.Section 56 of the 2003 Act: suspension of orders during short-term detention

    3. 9.Section 10 of the Act: suspension of detention and other measures

  6. REMOVAL AND DETENTION OF PATIENTS

    1. 10.Section 295A of the 2003 Act: notification of decisions under section 293 or 295

    2. 11.Section 299 of the 2003 Act: nurse’s power to detain pending medical examination

  7. PERIODICAL REFERRAL OF CASES

    1. 12.Periodical referral of cases: amendments made by section 21 of the Act

  8. NAMED PERSONS

    1. 13.Named persons in respect of patients subject to relevant orders: savings and cessation

    2. 14.Named persons acting under article 13(2): review of relevant order after 30th September 2017

    3. 15.Named persons: declaration in relation to a named person acting under article 13

    4. 16.Appointment of named persons: amendments made by section 23 of the Act

  9. ARRANGEMENTS FOR TREATMENT OF PRISONERS

    1. 17.Compulsory treatment of prisoners: amendments made by section 35 of the Act

  10. PROVISION OF INFORMATION BY THE COMMISSION

    1. 18.Provision of information by the Commission: amendments made by section 36 of the Act

  11. CRIMINAL CASES

    1. 19.Periods for assessment orders: amendments made by section 40 of the Act

    2. 20.Periods for treatment orders: amendments made by section 41 of the Act

    3. 21.Periods for short-term compulsion: amendments made by section 42 of the Act

    4. 22.Periods for compulsion orders: amendments made by section 43 of the Act

    5. 23.Periods for hospital directions: amendments made by section 44 of the Act

    6. 24.Consequential repeals: section 49 of the Act

    7. 25.Effect of revocation of restriction order: amendments made by section 52 of the Act

  12. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

  13. Explanatory Note

  14. Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

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