Legislation

Section 80B – Removal of detained patients from Scotland

Introduction

Scottish legislation allows for the removal to England and Wales of patients previously detained in hospital in Scotland under Scottish mental health legislation. If this happens, subsection (2) provides: “He shall be treated as if, on the date of his admission to the hospital, he had been so admitted in pursuance of an application made, […]

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