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Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995

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[F152DAssessment orderS

(1)This section applies where an application for an assessment order is made under section 52B(1) or 52C(1) of this Act.

(2)If the court is satisfied—

(a)on the written or oral evidence of a medical practitioner, as to the matters mentioned in subsection (3) below; and

(b)that, having regard to the matters mentioned in subsection (4) below, it is appropriate,

it may, subject to subsection (5) below, make an assessment order authorising the measures mentioned in subsection (6) below and specifying any matters to be included in the report under section 52G(1) of this Act.

(3)The matters referred to in subsection (2)(a) above are—

(a)that there are reasonable grounds for believing—

(i)that the person in respect of whom the application is made has a mental disorder;

(ii)that it is necessary to detain the person in hospital to assess whether the conditions mentioned in subsection (7) below are met in respect of the person; and

(iii)that if the assessment order were not made there would be a significant risk to the health, safety or welfare of the person or a significant risk to the safety of any other person;

(b)that the hospital proposed by the medical practitioner is suitable for the purpose of assessing whether the conditions mentioned in subsection (7) below are met in respect of the person;

(c)that, if an assessment order were made, the person could be admitted to such hospital before the expiry of the period of 7 days beginning with the day on which the order is made; and

(d)that it would not be reasonably practicable to carry out the assessment mentioned in paragraph (b) above unless an order were made.

(4)The matters referred to in subsection (2)(b) above are—

(a)all the circumstances (including the nature of the offence with which the person in respect of whom the application is made is charged or, as the case may be, of which the person was convicted); and

(b)any alternative means of dealing with the person.

(5)The court may make an assessment order only if the person in respect of whom the application is made has not been sentenced.

(6)The measures are—

(a)in the case of a person who, when the assessment order is made, has not been admitted to the specified hospital, the removal, before the [F2end of the day following the] 7 days beginning with the day on which the order is made, of the person to the specified hospital by—

(i)a constable;

(ii)a person employed in, or contracted to provide services in or to, the specified hospital who is authorised by the managers of that hospital to remove persons to hospital for the purposes of this section; or

(iii)a specified person;

(b)the detention, for the [F3relevant period given by subsection (6A) below], of the person in the specified hospital; and

(c)during the [F3relevant period given by subsection (6A) below], the giving to the person, in accordance with Part 16 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13), of medical treatment.

[F4(6A)For the purpose of subsection (6)(b) and (c) above, the relevant period is the period—

(a)beginning with the day on which the order is made,

(b)expiring at the end of the 28 days following that day.]

(7)The conditions referred to in paragraphs (a)(ii) and (b) of subsection (3) above are—

(a)that the person in respect of whom the application is made has a mental disorder;

(b)that medical treatment which would be likely to—

(i)prevent the mental disorder worsening; or

(ii)alleviate any of the symptoms, or effects, of the disorder,

is available for the person; and

(c)that if the person were not provided with such medical treatment there would be a significant risk—

(i)to the health, safety or welfare of the person; or

(ii)to the safety of any other person.

(8)The court may make an assessment order in the absence of the person in respect of whom the application is made only if—

(a)the person is represented by counsel or a solicitor;

(b)that counsel or solicitor is given an opportunity of being heard; and

(c)the court is satisfied that it is—

(i)impracticable; or

(ii)inappropriate,

for the person to be brought before it.

(9)An assessment order may include such directions as the court thinks fit for the removal of the person subject to the order to, and detention of the person in, a place of safety pending the person’s admission to the specified hospital.

(10)The court shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after making an assessment order, give notice of the making of the order to—

(a)the person subject to the order;

(b)any solicitor acting for the person;

(c)in a case where—

(i)the person has been charged with an offence; and

(ii)a relevant disposal has not been made in the proceedings in respect of the offence,

the prosecutor;

(d)in a case where the person, immediately before the order was made, was [F5remanded] in custody, the Scottish Ministers; and

(e)the Mental Welfare Commission.

(11)In this section—

  • court” has the same meaning as in section 52B of this Act;

  • medical treatment” has the meaning given by section 329(1) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13);

  • relevant disposal” has the same meaning as in section 52B of this Act; and

  • specified” means specified in the assessment order.]

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