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2005 No. 2078 (S.9 )

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

DEVOLUTION, SCOTLAND

MENTAL HEALTH

The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005

  Made 21st July 2005 
  Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1) and (2)

Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 115 of, and paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 7 to, the Scotland Act 1998[1];

     Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 104, 112(1) and 113 of that Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent
     1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into force on 5th October 2005.

    (2) The entry in Schedule 3 to this Order in respect of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984[
2] shall come into force immediately after the coming into force of the entry in Schedule 5 to the 2003 Act in respect of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984.

    (3) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–

    (4) A reference in this Order to "a patient whose detention in hospital was authorised by virtue of the 2003 Act or the 1995 Act" shall be read as including references to a patient in respect of whom a certificate under one of the provisions listed in section 290(7)(a) of the 2003 Act is in operation.

    (5) Articles 2 and 3 extend to England and Wales only[7].

    (6) Articles 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 extend to Northern Ireland only[8].

    (7) Articles 8, 10, 11 and 12(2) extend to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only[9].

    (8) Articles 12(1), 13 and 14 extend to Scotland only[10].

    (9) Subject to paragraph (10), the modifications in Schedules 1 and 2 and the repeals in Schedule 3 have the same extent as the provisions being modified or repealed.

    (10) Those modifications and repeals do not extend to Scotland other than the modifications in paragraphs 1(4)(b), 5 and 6 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 20 of Schedule 2 and the repeal in Schedule 3 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984[11].

Removal to England and Wales of hospital patients from Scotland
     2. —(1) This article applies to a patient whose detention in hospital was authorised by virtue of the 2003 Act or the 1995 Act immediately before the removal of the patient to England and Wales under regulations made under section 290 of the 2003 Act.

    (2) Where a patient to whom this article applies is admitted to a hospital in England and Wales, he shall be treated–

    (3) Where a patient to whom this article applies was immediately before his removal liable to be detained under the 2003 Act by virtue of a transfer for treatment direction, given while he was serving a sentence of imprisonment (within the meaning of section 136(9) of the 2003 Act) imposed by a court in Scotland, he shall be treated as if the sentence had been imposed by a court in England and Wales.

    (4) Where a patient to whom this article applies was immediately before his removal subject to a hospital direction or transfer for treatment direction, the restriction direction or limitation direction under the Mental Health Act 1983 to which he is subject by virtue of paragraph (2) shall expire on the date on which either of the two first-mentioned directions would have expired if he had not been so removed.

    (5) Where a patient to whom this article applies was immediately before his removal liable to be detained under the 2003 Act by virtue of a hospital direction, he shall be treated as if any sentence of imprisonment passed at the time at which the hospital direction was made had been imposed by a court in England and Wales.

    (6) Any directions given by the Scottish Ministers under regulations made under section 290 of the 2003 Act as to removal of the patient to a hospital in England and Wales shall have effect as if they had been given under the Mental Health Act 1983[
12].

    (7) In this article references to a hospital in England and Wales shall be construed as references to a hospital within the meaning of Part 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983.

Transfer of patients to England and Wales from Scotland: conditional discharge
     3. —(1) This article applies to any patient–

    (2) Where such a patient is so transferred, the patient shall be treated–

    (3) A patient to whom this article applies may only be transferred from Scotland to England and Wales with the consent of the Secretary of State.

Removal to Northern Ireland of hospital patients from Scotland
    
4. —(1) This article applies to a patient whose detention in hospital was authorised by virtue of the 2003 Act or the 1995 Act immediately before the removal of the patient to Northern Ireland under regulations made under section 290 of the 2003 Act.

    (2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this article, where a patient to whom this article applies is admitted to a hospital in Northern Ireland, he shall be treated–

    (3) Where a patient to whom this article applies was immediately before his removal liable to be detained by virtue of a compulsory treatment order under section 64 of the 2003 Act, he shall, on his admission to a hospital in Northern Ireland, be treated as if he were detained for treatment under Part 2 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986[13] by virtue of a report under Article 12(1) of that Order made on the date of his admission.

    (4) Where a patient to whom this article applies was immediately before his removal liable to be detained under the 2003 Act by virtue of a transfer for treatment direction given while he was serving a sentence of imprisonment (within the meaning of section 136(9) of the 2003 Act) imposed by a court in Scotland, he shall be treated as if the sentence had been imposed by a court in Northern Ireland.

    (5) Where a patient to whom this article applies was immediately before his removal subject to a transfer for treatment direction, the restriction direction under the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 to which he is subject by virtue of paragraph (2) shall expire on the date on which the first-mentioned direction would have expired if he had not been so removed.

    (6) Where a patient to whom this article applies was immediately before his removal liable to be detained under the 2003 Act by virtue of a hospital direction, he shall be treated as if any sentence of imprisonment passed at the time at which the hospital direction was made had been imposed by a court in Northern Ireland.

    (7) Any directions given by the Scottish Ministers under regulations made under section 290 of the 2003 Act as to removal of the patient to a hospital in Northern Ireland shall have effect as if they had been given under the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.

    (8) In this article "hospital" has the same meaning as in Article 2(2) of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986[14].

Transfer of patients to Northern Ireland from Scotland: conditional discharge
     5. —(1) This article applies to any patient–

    (2) Where such a patient is so transferred the patient shall be treated–

    (3) A patient to whom this article applies may only be transferred from Scotland to Northern Ireland with the consent of the Secretary of State.

Removal to Scotland of hospital patients from Northern Ireland
    
6. —(1) If it appears to the responsible authority that it is in the interests of the patient who is for the time being subject to guardianship under the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 to remove him to Scotland, and arrangements have been made for receiving him into guardianship there, the responsible authority may authorise his removal to Scotland and may give any necessary directions for his removal to his destination.

    (2) If it appears to the responsible authority that it is in the interests of the patient who is for the time being liable to be detained under that Order (otherwise than by virtue of Article 42, 43 or 45 of that Order), and that arrangements have been made for admitting him to a hospital, or where he is not admitted to a hospital, for his detention in hospital to be authorised by virtue of the 2003 Act or the 1995 Act, the responsible authority may authorise his removal to Scotland and may give any necessary directions for his removal to his destination.

    (3) In this article–

Transfer of patients to Scotland from Northern Ireland: conditional discharge
    
7. If it appears to the Secretary of State, in the case of a patient who–

that a transfer under this article would be in the interests of the patient, the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers, transfer the patient to Scotland.

Patients absent from hospitals in Scotland
    
8. —(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, any person who may be taken into custody in Scotland under–

may be taken into custody in, and returned to Scotland from, any other part of the United Kingdom.

    (2) For the purposes of the enactments referred to in paragraph (1), in their application by virtue of this article to England and Wales or Northern Ireland–

Patients absent from hospitals in Northern Ireland
    
9. Any person who is subject to corresponding measures (within the meaning of section 290(8) of the 2003 Act) in Northern Ireland and who is taken into custody in Scotland under regulations made under section 309 or 310 of the 2003 Act, as a result of being subject to those measures, may be returned to Northern Ireland by any person authorised by or by virtue of those regulations to take him into custody.

Assisting patients to absent themselves without leave etc.
    
10. —(1) Any person who in England and Wales or Northern Ireland does anything in relation to a person whose detention in hospital is authorised by the 2003 Act which, if done in Scotland, would make him guilty of an offence under section 316 of the 2003 Act shall be guilty of an offence.

    (2) Where a person is charged with an offence under paragraph (1) as it applies to section 316(1)(b) of the 2003 Act, it shall be a defence for such person to prove that the doing of that with which the person is charged–

    (3) Any person guilty of an offence under this article shall be liable–

Provisions as to custody, removal and detention
    
11. —(1) Any person required or authorised by or by virtue of the 2003 Act or by virtue of this Order to be moved to any place or to be kept in custody or detained in a place of safety shall, while being so moved, kept or detained, as the case may be, be deemed to be in legal custody.

    (2) A constable or any other person required or authorised by or by virtue of that Act or by virtue of this Order to take any person into custody, or to move or detain any person shall, for the purposes of taking him into custody or moving or detaining him, have all the powers, authorities, protection and privileges which a constable has–

Protection for acts done under this Order
    
12. —(1) No person shall be liable, whether on ground of want of jurisdiction or on any other ground, to any civil or criminal proceedings to which he would have been liable apart from this paragraph in respect of any act purporting to be done in pursuance of this Order, unless the act was done in bad faith or without reasonable care.

    (2) Section 139 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (which relates to protection for acts done in pursuance of that Act) shall apply in respect of any act purporting to be done in pursuance of articles 2 to 11 of this Order.

Persons detained under immigration law
    
13. Section 136 of the 2003 Act (transfer of prisoners for treatment for mental disorder) shall apply to any person detained under the Immigration Act 1971[15] or under section 62 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (detention by Secretary of State)[16] as that section applies to a person serving a sentence of imprisonment.

Mental health services provided by local authorities
     14. —(1) No services shall be provided under sections 25 to 27 of the 2003 Act to a person to whom section 115 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (exclusion from benefits)[17] applies solely–

    (2) Subsections (3) and (5) to (8) of section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to that Act, apply for the purposes of paragraph (1) as they apply for the purposes of that section, but for the references in subsections (5) and (7) of that section and in that paragraph of that Schedule to the Secretary of State substitute references to a local authority.

Modifications
     15. The modifications in Schedules 1 and 2 have effect.

Repeals and saving
    
16. —(1) The repeals in Schedule 3 have effect.

    (2) Notwithstanding the repeal in respect of sections 1, 125, 128 and 129 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 in Schedule 3, those sections shall continue to have effect for the purposes of sections 10 and 95 of that Act.


DAVID CAIRNS
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scotland Office, Department for Constitutional Affairs

Dover House, London
21st July 2005



SCHEDULE 1
Article 15


MODIFICATION OF PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS


Representation of the People Act 1983 (c.2)

     1. —(1) The Representation of the People Act 1983 is amended as follows.

    (2) In section 3A(3) (disfranchisement of offenders detained in mental hospitals)[
18]–

    (3) In section 7 (residence: patients in mental hospitals who are not detained offenders or on remand)[19], in subsection (6)(b), for "Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984" substitute "Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003".

    (4) In section 7A(6) (residence: persons remanded in custody etc.)[20]–

     2. —(1) The Mental Health Act 1983 is amended as follows.

    (2) In section 69 (applications to tribunals concerning patients subject to hospital and guardianship orders)[21], in subsection (2)(a), for "section 77(2) of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984" substitute "article 2(2) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005".

    (3) In section 79 (interpretation of Part 5)[22], in subsection (1)(c), for "section 77(2) of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984" substitute "article 2(2) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005".

    (4) In section 80 (removal of patients to Scotland)[23]–

    (5) In section 88 (patients absent from hospitals in England and Wales)[24], in subsection (3)(a) for "Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984" substitute "Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003".

    (6) In section 90 (regulations for purposes of Part 6)[25]–

    (7) In section 91 (general provisions as to patients removed from England and Wales)–

    (8) In section 92 (interpretation of Part 6)[26], in subsection (3), for "Part 7 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984" substitute "the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005 and regulations made under section 290 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003".

    (9) In section 135 (warrant to search for and remove patients)[27]–

     3. —(1) The Insolvency Act 1986 is amended as follows.

    (2) In section 389A (authorisation of nominees and supervisors)[28], in subsection (3)(c), for "section 125(1) of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984" substitute "section 329(1) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003".

    (3) In section 390 (persons not qualified to act as insolvency practitioners)[29], in subsection (4)(c), for "section 125(1) of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984" substitute "section 329(1) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003".

Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4)

     4. —(1) The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is amended as follows.

    (2) In section 67 (exclusions by regulation), in subsection (2)(a)(iv), for "section 7 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984" substitute "section 25 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003".

    (3) In section 72 (the care component), in subsection (8)(a)(ii), for "section 7 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984" substitute "section 25 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003".

Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c.33)

     5. In section 156(7) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (arrangements for the provision of escorts and custody)–

     6. In section 46 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (section 44: supplemental: Scotland and Northern Ireland), for subsections (4) and (5) substitute–


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