PART IIIRECEPTION OF PERSONS IN SCOTLAND

Notification to relevant local authority

16.—(1) As soon as reasonably practicable after giving notice in accordance with regulation 14 the managers of the receiving hospital shall give notice to the relevant local authority of the matters mentioned in paragraph (2).

(2) Those matters are–

(a)the name of the patient;

(b)the address at which the patient is to reside in Scotland or the patient’s contact address in Scotland;

(c)the measure under the 2003 Act or the 1995 Act to which the patient will be treated as if that patient is subject by virtue of regulation 19; and

(d)the date on which the patient is expected to be received in Scotland.