Part IE+W+S Detention, Transfer and Release of Offenders

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. 1 modified (S.) (20.10.1997) by 1997 c. 48, s. 16(2)(3) (with s. 33); S.I. 1997/2323, art. 3, Sch. 1

C6Pt. 1 modified by 2007 asp 17, Sch. 6 (as substituted (S.) (28.3.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 19, 206(1); S.S.I. 2011/178, art. 2, sch.); (as amended (11.10.2019) by Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 14), ss. 60(5), 63(2); S.S.I. 2019/309, reg. 2; and (30.4.2021) by Counter Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), s. 50(1)(i), Sch. 13 para. 58)

C7Pt. 1 applied by 1984 c. 47, Sch. para. 2(3A) (as inserted (29.6.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), s. 50(2)(r), Sch. 11 para. 3(1)(4))

C8Pt. 1 applied by 1984 c. 47, Sch. para. 2 (as modified (29.6.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), s. 50(2)(r), Sch. 11 para. 4)

Early releaseE+W+S

4 Persons detained under Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984.S

(1)Notwithstanding that a transfer [F1for treatment direction under section 136(2) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13) is made] in respect of a person serving a sentence of imprisonment, this Part of this Act shall apply to the person as if he continued to serve that sentence while detained in, and as if he had not been removed to, hospital.

[F2(1A)This Part of this Act shall apply to a person conveyed to and detained in a hospital pursuant to a hospital direction under section 59A of the 1995 Act as if, while so detained, he was serving the sentence of imprisonment imposed on him at the time at which that direction was made.]

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Textual Amendments

F2S. 4(1A) inserted (retrospective to 1.1.1998) by 1998 c. 37, ss. 119, 121(2), Sch. 8 para. 99(1)(2)