The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 20032

1

Section 299 (Nurse’s power to detain pending medical examination) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 20033 is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

in the opening words of paragraph (a), for “section 228(1)” substitute “section 227A(1)”;

b

in sub-paragraph (i) of that paragraph, for “subsections (1) and (2)(a) of section 230” substitute “subsections (1) and (3)(a) of section 227R”; and

c

in sub-paragraph (ii) of that paragraph, for “subsections (1) and (2)(b)” substitute “subsections (1) and (3)(b)”.