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

Effect of modification or revocation of orders

196General effect of orders under section 193

(1)Where the Tribunal makes an order under section 193 of this Act—

(a)revoking a compulsion order;

(b)revoking a restriction order;

(c)conditionally discharging a patient; or

(d)varying a compulsion order by modifying the measures specified in it,

the order shall not have effect until the occurrence of the first to occur of the events mentioned in subsection (2) below.

(2)Those events are—

(a)the expiry of the appeal period, no appeal having been lodged within that period; and

(b)where an appeal has been lodged within the appeal period—

(i)the receipt by both the Court of Session and the managers of the hospital specified in the compulsion order of notice from the Scottish Ministers that they do not intend to move the Court of Session to make an order under section 323 of this Act;

(ii)the refusal by the Court of Session to make such an order; and

(iii)the recall of any such order or the expiry of its effect.

(3)In subsection (2) above—

• “appeal” means an appeal under section 322 of this Act; and

• “appeal period” means, in relation to an appeal, the period, prescribed by regulations made under section 324(7) of this Act, within which the appeal has to be lodged in order to be competent.

197Effect of revocation of compulsion order

Where the Tribunal makes an order under section 193(3) or (4) of this Act revoking a compulsion order, the restriction order to which the patient is subject shall cease to have effect.

198Effect of revocation of restriction order

(1)This section applies where the Tribunal—

(a)makes an order under subsection (5) of section 193 of this Act revoking the restriction order to which the patient is subject; but

(b)does not make an order under subsection (3) or (4) of that section revoking the compulsion order to which the patient is subject.

(2)Part 9 of this Act shall apply to the patient as if the compulsion order to which the patient is subject were a relevant compulsion order made on the day on which the Tribunal revoked the restriction order.

(3)In this section, “relevant compulsion order” has the meaning given by section 137(1) of this Act.