Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015

41Periods for treatment orders

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(1)The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 is amended as follows.

(2)In section 52M (treatment order)—

(a)in subsection (3)(c), for the words “expiry of the period of” there is substituted “end of the day following the”,

(b)in subsection (6)(a), for the words “expiry of the period of” there is substituted “end of the day following the”.

(3)In section 52P (treatment order: supplementary), in subsection (1), for the words “expiry of the period of” there is substituted “end of the day following the”.

(4)In section 52R (termination of treatment order)—

(a)in subsection (1)(a), for the words “period of 7 days beginning with the day on which the order is made” there is substituted “relevant period given by subsection (1A) below”,

(b)after subsection (1) there is inserted—

(1A)For the purpose of subsection (1)(a) above, the relevant period is the period—

(a)beginning with the day on which the order is made,

(b)expiring at the end of the 7 days following that day..