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8Suspension of orders on short-term detentionS

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(1)The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 is amended as follows.

(2)In section 56 (effect of subsequent short-term detention certificate on compulsory treatment order)—

(a)in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), for the words “compulsory treatment order” there is substituted “ relevant order ”,

(b)for subsection (2) there is substituted—

(2)A relevant order shall cease to authorise the measures specified in it for the period during which the patient is subject to—

(a)the short-term detention certificate, or

(b)an extension certificate.,

(c)after subsection (2) there is inserted—

(3)In this section, the references to a relevant order are to—

(a)a compulsion order, or

(b)a compulsory treatment order or an interim compulsory treatment order..

(3)In relation to section 56—

(a)its title becomes Effect of short-term detention certificate etc. on certain orders,

(b)the italic heading immediately preceding it becomes Effect of short-term detention certificate etc. on certain orders.

Commencement Information

I1S. 8 in force at 30.6.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/197, art. 2, sch. (with art. 8)

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