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Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984

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Version Superseded: 01/04/2002

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Point in time view as at 01/01/1998.

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Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984, Cross Heading: Return of patients absent without leave is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

Return of patients absent without leaveU.K.

84 Patients absent from hospitals in Scotland.U.K.

(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, any person who, under section 28 or section 121 of this Act or under the said section 28 as applied by section 32 of this Act may be taken into custody in Scotland, may be taken into custody in, and returned to Scotland from, any other part of the United Kingdom or the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.

(2)For the purposes of the enactments referred to in subsection (1) of this section, in their application by virtue of this section to England and Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, the expression “constable” includes an English constable, an officer or constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, a member of the police in Jersey, an officer of police within the meaning of section 43 of the Larceny (Guernsey) Law 1958, or any corresponding law for the time being in force, or a constable in the Isle of Man, as the case may be.

(3)For the purposes of the said enactments in their application by virtue of this section to England and Wales or Northern Ireland, any reference to a mental health officer shall be construed as including a reference—

(a)in England and Wales, to any approved social worker within the meaning of the M1Mental Health Act 1983.

(b)in Northern Ireland, to any [F1approved social worker within the meaning of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986].

(4)This section shall not apply to any person who is subject to guardianship.

Textual Amendments

F1Words substituted by S.I. 1986/596, art. 3(13)

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85 Patients absent from hospitals in Northern Ireland.S+N.I.

Any person (other than a person subject to guardianship) who—

(a)under [F2Article 29 or 132 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986] (which provide respectively for the retaking of patients absent without leave and for the retaking of patients escaping from custody); or

(b)under the said [F2Article 29 as applied by Article 31 of the said Order] (which makes special provision as to persons sentenced to imprisonment);

may be taken into custody in Northern Ireland, may be taken into custody in, and returned to Northern Ireland from, Scotland by a mental health officer, by any constable or by any person authorised by or by virtue of the [F2said Order] to take him into custody.

Textual Amendments

F2Words substituted by S.I. 1986/596, art. 3(14)

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