PART 1THE 2003 ACT
Specification of hospital units
11Specification for detention measures
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The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 is amended as follows.
2
In section 36 (emergency detention in hospital), after subsection (12) there is inserted—
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A reference in this section to a hospital may be read as a reference to a hospital unit.
14
For the purpose of subsection (13) above, “hospital unit” means any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit.
3
In section 44 (short-term detention in hospital), after subsection (11) there is inserted—
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In this section and sections 46 to 49 of this Act, a reference to a hospital may be read as a reference to a hospital unit.
13
For the purposes of subsection (12) above, “hospital unit” means any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit.
4
After section 71 there is inserted—
71ACompulsory treatment in hospital unit
1
In sections 62 to 68 of this Act, a reference to a hospital may be read as a reference to a hospital unit.
2
For the purposes of subsection (1) above, “hospital unit” means any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit.