Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015

54 Right to information: offender imprisoned

(1) The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 16 (victim’s right to receive information concerning release etc. of offender), in subsection (3)—

(a) in paragraph (e)—

(i) for the words “or young” there is substituted “, young”,

(ii) after the word “institution” there is inserted “or hospital”,

(b) the word “and” immediately preceding paragraph (f) is repealed,

(c) in paragraph (f)—

(i) for the words “or young” there is substituted “, young”,

(ii) after the word “institution” there is inserted “or hospital”,

(d) after paragraph (f) there is inserted—

“(g) where the convicted person is liable to be detained in a hospital under a hospital direction or transfer for treatment direction—

(i) that a certificate has been granted, for the first time, under the Mental Health Act which suspends the person’s detention and does not impose a supervision requirement,

(ii) that the certificate mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) has been revoked.”.

(3) In section 16, in subsection (4)—

(a) the word “or” immediately preceding paragraph (b) is repealed, and

(b) at the end of paragraph (b) there is inserted “; or

(c) modify section 18A, by adding, amending or repealing definitions of terms used in the descriptions of information in subsection (3) of this section.”.