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Mental Health Act 1959

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150Application to Scotland

The following provisions of this Act shall extend to Scotland, that is to say—

  • subsection (5) of section three;

  • section ten;

  • subsection (5) of section sixty-six;

  • sections eighty-one to eighty-four;

  • section ninety-one;

  • section ninety-three and, so far as applied by that section, sections forty, forty-six and one hundred and forty;

  • subsection (4) of section one hundred and ten;

  • section one hundred and seventeen and so much of part VIII as is applied in relation to Scotland by that section;

  • section one hundred and twenty-nine except so far as it relates to patients subject to guardianship;

  • section one hundred and thirty-three;

  • sections one hundred and thirty-seven to one hundred and thirty-nine;

  • subsection (1) of section one hundred and forty-one;

  • section one hundred and forty-five so far as applicable to any Order in Council extending to Scotland;

  • section one hundred and forty-six;

  • section one hundred and forty-nine except so far as it relates to the amendments and repeals contained in Part I of the Seventh and Eighth Schedules;

  • Part II of the Seventh Schedule ;

  • Part II of the Eighth Schedule ;

but except as aforesaid, and except so far as it relates to the interpretation or commencement of the said provisions, this Act shall not extend to Scotland.

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