Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995

4 Where the medical practitioner or [F1 registered psychologist] by whom or under whose direction a probationer is being treated for his mental condition in pursuance of any requirement of the probation order is of the opinion—

(a) that the treatment of the probationer should be continued beyond the period specified for that purpose in the order; or

(b) that the probationer needs a different kind of treatment (whether in whole or in part) from that which he has been receiving in pursuance of the probation order, being treatment of a kind which could have been specified in the probation order but to which the probationer or his supervising officer has not agreed under section 230(6) of this Act; or

(c) that the probationer is not susceptible to treatment; or

(d) that the probationer does not require further treatment,

or where the practitioner or psychologist is for any reason unwilling to continue to treat or direct the treatment of the probationer, he shall make a report in writing to that effect to the officer supervising the probationer and the supervising officer shall apply to the court which made the order or to the appropriate court for the variation or cancellation of the requirement.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 6 para. 4 substituted (1.7.2009) by The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1182), art. 4(2), Sch. 5 para. 3(c) (with arts. 9, 10); S.I. 2009/1357, art. 2(1)(d)