The Mental Health (Cross-border transfer: patients subject to requirements other than detention) (Scotland) Regulations 2017

Amendment of regulation 1

5.—(1) Regulation 1 of the principal Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) After paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) These Regulations may also be cited as the Mental Health (Cross-border transfer: patients subject to requirements other than detention) (Scotland) Regulations 2008.”.

(3) In paragraph (2)—

(a) omit the definition of “the appropriate national authority”;

(b) after the definition of “relevant requirement” insert—

““relevant territory” means—

(a)

England;

(b)

Wales;

(c)

Northern Ireland;

(d)

any of the Channel Islands;

(e)

the Isle of Man; or

(f)

a member State of the European Union (apart from the United Kingdom);”.