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13.—(1) The Mental Health Act 1983 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 80 (removal of patient to Scotland)(1) in subsection (7) for “Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984” substitute “Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003”.
(3) In section 88 (patients absent from hospitals in England and Wales)(2), in subsection (3)(a) for “Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984” substitute “Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003”.
Section 80 was amended by the Mental Health (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1983 (c. 39), section 41(2), Schedule 1, paragraph 2, Schedule 2, paragraph 1(a) and the 1984 Act, sections 79(1), 126(2)(d), 127 and Schedule 3, paragraph 51.
Section 88 was amended by the 1984 Act, section 127 and Schedule 3, paragraph 52 and by S.I. 1986/596.
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