The Secretary of State may by warrant direct that any offender found by a court in any of the Channel Islands or in the Isle or Man to be insane or to have been insane at the time of the alleged offence, and ordered to be detained during Her Majesty’s pleasure, be removed to a hospital in Scotland.

A patient removed under this section shall, on his reception into the hospital in Scotland, be treated as if he had been removed to that hospital in pursuance of an order under F1section 57(2)(a) and (b) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.

The Secretary of State may by warrant direct that any patient removed under this section from any of the Channel Islands or from the Isle of Man be returned to the Island from which he was so removed, there to be dealt with according to law in all respects as if he had not been removed under this section.