PART VI S Mental Disorder

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. VI (ss. 52-63) power to apply conferred (prosp.) by 1955 c. 18, s. 116B(4)(c) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2 para. 1 (the said 1996 c. 46, Sch. 2 was repealed (21.3. 2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 58(2), Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(i)(ix))

Pt. VI (ss. 52-63) power to apply conferred (prosp.) by 1995 c. 19, s. 116B(4)(c) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2 para. 1) (the said 1996 c. 46, Sch. 2 was repealed (21.3. 2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 58(2), Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(i)(ix))

Pt. VI (ss. 52-63) power to apply conferred (prosp.) by 1957 c. 53, s. 63B(4)(c) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2 para. 4) (the said 1996 c. 46, Sch. 2 was repealed (21.3. 2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 58(2), Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(i)(ix))

C2 Pt. VI (ss. 52-63) applied (prosp.) by 1955 c. 18, s. 116C(6) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2 para. 1) (the said 1996 c. 46, Sch. 2 was repealed (21.3. 2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 58(2), Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(i)(ix))

Pt. VI (ss. 52-63) applied (prosp.) by 1955 c. 19, s. 116C(6) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2 para. 1) (the said 1996 c. 46, Sch. 2 was repealed (21.3. 2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 58(2), Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(i)(ix))

Pt. VI (ss. 52-63) applied (prosp.) by 1957 c. 53, s. 63C(6) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2 para. 4) (the said 1996 c. 46, Sch. 2 was repealed (21.3. 2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 58(2), Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(i)(ix))

Pt. VI (ss. 52-63) applied (prosp. ) by 1968 c. 20, s. 23(4) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2 para. 9) (the said 1996 c. 46, Sch. 2 was repealed (21.3. 2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 58(2), Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(i)(ix))

Valid from 25/06/2012

[F1 Criminal responsibility of mentally disordered persons S

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 51A, 51B and preceding cross-heading inserted (prosp.) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 168, 206(1)

51A Criminal responsibility of persons with mental disorder S

(1) A person is not criminally responsible for conduct constituting an offence, and is to be acquitted of the offence, if the person was at the time of the conduct unable by reason of mental disorder to appreciate the nature or wrongfulness of the conduct.

(2) But a person does not lack criminal responsibility for such conduct if the mental disorder in question consists only of a personality disorder which is characterised solely or principally by abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct.

(3) The defence set out in subsection (1) is a special defence.

(4) The special defence may be stated only by the person charged with the offence and it is for that person to establish it on the balance of probabilities.

(5) In this section, “conduct” includes acts and omissions.]