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

Parliamentary History of Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003

The following table sets out, for each Stage of the proceedings in the Scottish Parliament on the Bill for the Act, the dates on which proceedings at that Stage took place, the references to the Official Report of those proceedings and the dates on which Committee Reports were published and the references to those Reports.

Proceedings and ReportsReference
Introduction
16th September 2002SP Bill 64 (Session 1)
Stage 1
(a) Health and Community Care Committee
23rd meeting 200225 September 2002, cols 3057 - 3103
25th meeting 20024 October 2002, col 3141
26th meeting 20029 October 2002, col 3200
27th meeting 200230 October 2002, col 3244
28th meeting 20026 November 2002, col 3308 - 3360
18th Report 2002 (4 December 2002): Stage 1 Report on Mental Health (Scotland) BillSP Paper 708
(b) Subordinate Legislation Committee
29th meeting 200229 October 2002, col 1058 - 1059
31st meeting 200212 November 2002, col 1075
(c) Justice 1 Committee
36th meeting 200229 October 2002, col 4131 - 4157
37th meeting 20025 November 2002, col 4163 - 4179
(d) Justice 2 Committee
41st meeting 200213 November 2002, col 2099 - 2101
42nd meeting 200219 November 2002, col 2142
(e) Local Government Committee
26th meeting 200229 October 2002, col 3372
(f) Finance
20th meeting 200229 October 2002, col 2253 - 2274
Stage 2
(a) Health and Community Care Committee
1st meeting 20038 January 2003, col 3575
2nd meeting 200315 January 2003, col 3615
3rd meeting 200321 January 2003, col 3649
4th meeting 200322 January 2003, col 3680
5th meeting 200329 January 2003, col 3692 - 3724
6th meeting 20034 February 2003, col 3747 - 3774
7th meeting 20035 February 2003, col 3777
8th meeting 200311 February 2003, col 3817
9th meeting 200318 February 2003, col 3834
(b) Subordinate Legislation Committee
9th meeting 20034 March 2003, col 1257 - 1263
10th meeting 200311 March 2003, col 1269 - 1270
Stage 3
(a) Health and Community Care Committee
11th meeting 20034 March 2003, col 3913
(b) Subordinate Legislation Committee
23rd Report 2003 (19 March 2003): on Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Bill as amended at Stage 2 Delegated Powers ScrutinySP Paper 823
(c) Consideration by the Parliament
19th March 2003Cols 19590 - 19650
Cols 19676 - 19708
20th March 2003Cols 19728 - 19778
Cols 19807 - 19830
Royal Assent
25 April 2003

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