The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 20032.

(1)

Section 299 (Nurse’s power to detain pending medical examination) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 20033 is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

in the opening words of paragraph (a), for “section 228(1)” substitute “section 227A(1)”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (i) of that paragraph, for “subsections (1) and (2)(a) of section 230” substitute “subsections (1) and (3)(a) of section 227R”; and

(c)

in sub-paragraph (ii) of that paragraph, for “subsections (1) and (2)(b)” substitute “subsections (1) and (3)(b)”.