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The Mental Health (Advance Statements) (Prescribed Class of Persons) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Mental health

King's Printer for Scotland

2014-07-15

MENTAL HEALTH

The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the Act”) makes provision for the making of “advance statements”. Any such statement must be witnessed and certified by a “prescribed person”. These Regulations prescribe, for the purposes of section 275(2)(d) of the Act, the class of persons who may witness and certify advance statements.