SCHEDULE 2The provisions of Parts I, II, III and VI of the Act which come into force on 1st January 1998
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
Provision of Act | Subject matter | Purpose |
Section 6 | Disposal in cases of mentally disordered offenders | |
Section 7 | Effect of hospital direction | |
Section 8 | Remand of persons suffering from mental disorder to private hospital | |
Section 9 | Power to specify hospital unit | |
Section 10 | Medical evidence in relation to mentally disordered offenders | |
Section 11 | Increase in maximum period of interim hospital orders | |
Section 15 | Driving disqualifications | |
Section 22 | Appeal by prosecutor against hospital orders etc | |
Section 42 | Testing of prisoners for alcohol | |
Section 43 | Medical services in prisons | |
Section 44 | Unlawful disclosure of information | |
Section 62 | Amendments and repeals | Only for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedules 1 and 3 specified or referred to in column 1 below. |
In Schedule 1, paragraphs 9(2), (3)(a), (8), (9), (15) and (16), 13(1), (2) and (4), 15, 21(5) to (8) and (35) | Amendments | |
In Schedule 3, the repeals specified in the Table below | Repeals |
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
Chapter | Short Title | Extent of Repeals |
The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 | In section 65(2), the words after paragraph (b). | |
In section 70(1), the words “(not being a private hospital)”. | ||
The Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 | In section 3(1), the words from “including” to the end. | |
The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 | In section 53, in subsection (1), the words “subsection (2) below and”, and subsection (2). In section 63, subsection (1)(d) and in subsection (2)(b)(ii) the words “or (d)”. | |
In section 252(2), the word “and”, in the third place where it occurs. |