Part 10Compulsion orders and restriction orders

Chapter 2Review of orders

Reference to Tribunal by Scottish Ministers

I1186Commission’s power to require Scottish Ministers to make reference to Tribunal

1

This section applies where a patient is subject to a compulsion order and a restriction order.

2

If it appears to the Commission that it is appropriate to do so, it may, by notice in writing to the Scottish Ministers, require them to make a reference to the Tribunal in respect of the compulsion order and the restriction order to which the patient is subject.

3

Where, under subsection (2), the Commission gives notice to the Scottish Ministers, the Commission shall include in that notice its reasons for requiring the Scottish Ministers to make the reference.