2017 No. 230
Mental Health

The Mental Health (Cross-border Visits) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017

Made
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations under section 309A of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 20031 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 326(4) of that Act2, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Health (Cross-border Visits) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017.

Commencement2.

These Regulations come into force on 30th June 2017.

Amendment of S.S.I. 2008/1813.

(1)

Regulation 1(2) of the Mental Health (Cross-border Visits) (Scotland) Regulations 20083 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2)

In the definition of “cross-border patient”, for “England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands” substitute “a relevant territory”.

(3)

In the definition of “relevant territory”—

(a)

omit the “or” immediately preceding paragraph (d); and

(b)

at the end of that paragraph insert—

“; or

(e)

a member State of the European Union (apart from the United Kingdom)”.

MAUREEN WATT
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Regulations make provision in connection with escorted mental health patients who visit Scotland while on leave of absence under the law of another European Union member State.

Specifically, regulation 3 amends the Mental Health (Cross-border Visits) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 so that they apply to such patients. In their unamended form, the 2008 Regulations applied only to patients visiting Scotland while on leave of absence under the law of England and Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands.

The 2008 Regulations apply (with modifications) sections 301 to 303 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 to visiting patients. Those sections set out what can happen should a patient on leave of absence fail to comply with any conditions or requirements imposed.