PART VI Mental Disorder
F1Treatment orders
52PTreatment order: supplementary
1
If, before the expiry of the period of 7 days beginning with the day on which the treatment order is made—
a
in the case of a person to whom subsection (2) below applies, it appears to the Scottish Ministers; or
b
in any other case, it appears to the court,
that, by reason of emergency or other special circumstances, it is not reasonably practicable for the person to be admitted to the hospital specified in the order, the Scottish Ministers, or, as the case may be, the court, may direct that the person be admitted to the hospital specified in the direction.
2
This subsection applies to—
a
a person who is in custody immediately before the treatment order is made; or
b
a person—
i
who was subject to an assessment order immediately before the treatment order is made; and
ii
who was in custody immediately before that assessment order was made.
3
Where the court makes a direction under subsection (1) above, it shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after making the direction, inform the person having custody of the person subject to the treatment order of the making of the direction.
4
Where the Scottish Ministers make a direction under subsection (1) above, they shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after making the direction, inform—
a
the court;
b
the person having custody of the person subject to the treatment order; and
c
in a case where—
i
the person has been charged with an offence; and
ii
a relevant disposal has not been made in the proceedings in respect of the offence,
the prosecutor,
of the making of the direction.
5
Where a direction is made under subsection (1) above, the treatment order shall have effect as if the hospital specified in the direction were the hospital specified in the order.
6
In this section—
“court” means the court which made the treatment order; and
“relevant disposal” has the same meaning as in section 52B of this Act.
Ss. 52A-52U inserted (5.10.2005) by Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13), ss. 130, 333(1)-(4); S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 3 (as amended (27.9.2005) by S.S.I. 2005/465, art. 2, sch. 1 para. 32(13)(a)(i)(ii), sch. 2)