Part 2SVictims' rights

[F116CInformation to be given under section 16AS

(1)This section sets out the information that is to be given under section 16A about the person referred to in that section as O.

(2)The following information is to be given in any case—

(a)that the compulsion order to which O is subject and which is mentioned in section 16A(1)(b) has been revoked,

(b)that the restriction order to which O is subject and which is mentioned in section 16A(1)(b) has been revoked,

(c)where the order mentioned in paragraph (a) or the order mentioned in paragraph (b) has been revoked, that the decision to revoke it—

(i)is being appealed against, or

(ii)cannot competently be appealed against and is therefore final,

(d)the date of O's death,

(e)that the compulsion order has been varied by way of a modification of the measures specified in it,

(f)that O has been transferred to a place outwith Scotland,

(g)that the Mental Health Tribunal has made an order under section 193(7) of the Mental Health Act conditionally discharging O,

(h)the terms of any conditions imposed on O on conditional discharge under section 193(7) or section 200(2) of the Mental Health Act (including under section 193(7) as applied by section 201(3) or 204(3) of that Act),

(i)that the Scottish Ministers have recalled O to hospital under section 202 of the Mental Health Act.

(3)The following information is to be given in a case where the compulsion order authorises O's detention in hospital—

(a)that O is unlawfully at large from hospital,

(b)that O has returned to hospital having been unlawfully at large,

(c)that a certificate has been granted, for the first time, under the Mental Health Act which suspends O's detention and does not impose a supervision requirement,

(d)that the certificate mentioned in paragraph (c) has been revoked.

(4)The following information is to be given in a case where the order mentioned in paragraph (a) or the order mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (2) has been revoked and that decision is appealed against—

(a)that the Court of Session has decided to allow, or not allow, the appeal against the decision to revoke the order in question,

(b)that the Court of Session's decision—

(i)has been appealed against to the Supreme Court, or

(ii)has not been appealed against to the Supreme Court before the expiry of the time allowed to appeal to the Supreme Court, and therefore if the Court of Session has not allowed the appeal the decision to revoke the order in question is final,

(c)that the Supreme Court has decided to allow, or not allow, the appeal against the Court of Session's decision,

(d)if the Supreme Court's decision means that the decision to revoke the order in question has not been set aside, that the latter decision is final,

(e)if the Court of Session's decision or the Supreme Court's decision means that O is once more subject to the order in question, that fact.]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 16A-16C inserted (15.9.2017 for specified purposes, 30.9.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 9), ss. 55(2), 61(2); S.S.I. 2017/234, art. 2(1)(b)(2)(a)(3) (with arts. 5-8)