Explanatory Notes

Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003

2003 asp 13

25 April 2003

Commentary on Sections

Part 10 - Compulsion Orders and Restriction Orders

Chapter 1: preliminary
Section 181: mental health officer’s duty to identify named person

329.Section 181 provides that as soon as practicable after a compulsion order combined with a restriction order is made, the patient’s mental health officer must take reasonable steps to find out the name and address of the patient’s named person.