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SCHEDULE 1MODIFICATION OF PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS

Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42)

7.  In section 133(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Part 2: general interpretation)(1)–

(a)in paragraph (a) of the definition of “admitted to a hospital”, for “58” substitute “57A(2)”; and

(b)in paragraph (a) of the definition of “detained in a hospital”, for “section 71 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 36)” substitute “section 136 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13)”.

(1)

Section 133 has been prospectively amended by the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), Schedule 10, paragraph 57. There have been other amendments to section 133 not relevant to this Order.