The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2017

The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003

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2.—(1) Section 299 (Nurse’s power to detain pending medical examination) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003(1) 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)”.

(1)

2003 asp 13; section 299 is amended by the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 9), section 20.