PART 1THE 2003 ACT

Specification of hospital units

12Transfer of prisoner to hospital unit

(1)

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

(2)

In section 136 (transfer of prisoners for treatment for mental disorder), after subsection (10) there is inserted—

“(11)

A reference in this section to a hospital may be read as a reference to a hospital unit.

(12)

For the purpose of subsection (11) above, “hospital unit” means any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit.”.