SCHEDULE 1MODIFICATION OF PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS

Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2)

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1

The Representation of the People Act 1983 is amended as follows.

2

In section 3A(3) (disfranchisement of offenders detained in mental hospitals)18

a

in paragraph (a), after “57(2)(a) or (b)” insert “, 57A(2)”; and

b

in paragraph (b), for “section 69 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 or section 71 of that Act (being a person to whom that section applies by virtue of subsection (2)(a) of that section)” substitute “section 136 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003”.

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In section 7 (residence: patients in mental hospitals who are not detained offenders or on remand)19, in subsection (6)(b), for “Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984” substitute “Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003”.

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In section 7A(6) (residence: persons remanded in custody etc.)20

a

in paragraph (d), for “a committal to a hospital under section 52” substitute “an assessment order under section 52D or a treatment order under section 52M”; and

b

for paragraph (e), substitute “a transfer for treatment direction under section 136 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 made in respect of a person to whom that section applies by virtue of article 13 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005”.