Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13)

Part 4 Health Board and local authority functions

Chapter 2 Local authority functions

Co-operation and assistance

30 Co-operation with Health Boards and others

(1) In providing services for a person under any of sections 25 to 27 of this Act, a local authority shall co-operate with any—

(a) Health Boards;

(b) Special Health Boards;

(c) National Health Service trusts; or

(d) voluntary organisations,

that appear to the authority to have an interest, power or duty mentioned in subsection (2) below.

(2) Such an interest, power or duty is—

(a) an interest in the provision of services by the local authority under any of sections 25 to 27 of this Act; or

(b) a power or duty to provide or secure the provision of services, or an interest in the provision of services,

for the person.