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An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 in various respects; to make provision about mental health disposals in criminal cases; to make provision as to the rights of victims of crime committed by mentally-disordered persons; and for connected purposes.

01 What is the Mental Health Act all about? This is the new law which says how you can be treated if you have a mental disorder. It also says what your rights are. Mental disorder are the words used in the law to describe someone who has. A mental illness; A learning disability; A personality disorder; The new law says:

The main mental health legislation in Scotland is the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, a s amended by the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015. The Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy lays out our long-term vision and approach to improving the mental health and wellbeing for everyone in Scotland and recognises the part ...

The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 received Royal Assent on August 4, 2015 following passage through the Scottish Parliament. The Act makes changes to the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 to allow service users to with a mental disorder to access effective treatment quickly and easily. It also contains measures around ...

The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 Section 2 (information where order extended) Section 2 of the 2015 Act inserts new section 87A into the 2003 Act. This requires MHOs to submit a written report to the Tribunal providing details about the patient when the Tribunal is required to review the RMO’s determination to extend the CTO

Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 2015 asp 9. The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 24th June 2015 and received Royal Assent on 4th August 2015. An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 in various respects; to make provision about mental ...

The Mental Health (Scotland) Bill was introduced on 19 June 2014 [Session 4] This was a Government Bill ... Mental Health (Scotland) Bill (As Introduced) Bill becomes an Act. The Bill was passed on 24 June 2015 and became an Act on 4 August 2015. If the Bill is passed by MSPs, it can then get Royal Assent and become an Act. Find out more on the ...

Changes to named persons provisions made by the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015. From 30 June 2017, changes are being phased in so that a person will not have a named person unless they nominate somebody to be their named person. For a new named person nomination to be valid the nominated person has to consent, in writing, to be the named person.

The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 ("the 2015 Act") received Royal Assent on August 4, 2015 following passage through the Scottish Parliament. The Act makes changes to the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 ("the 2003 Act") to allow service users with a mental disorder to access effective treatment quickly and easily. ...

The 2003 Act was amended by the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 ("the 2015 Act"). Most of the provisions of the 2015 Act, and new regulations, came into force on 30 June 2017. ... 27 November 1992 (and reported in 1993 SLT 1021) decided under the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984, and concerning successive short term detention certificates ...

The main law about this is the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (updated in 2015). It says that: Some changes from the 2015 Act came into force in June 2017. Read the Mental Welfare Commission's guide for more information. All treatment under the Mental Health Act must follow ten principles, known as the Millan principles

2 Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 9) Part 1 The 2003 Act 2 Information where order extended (1) The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 is amended as follows. (2) After section 87 there is inserted 87A Further information where order extended (1) Subsections (2) and (3) below apply where

Parliamentary History of Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015. 173. The following table sets out, for each Stage of the proceedings in the Scottish Parliament on the Bill for the Act, the dates on which proceedings at that Stage took place, the references to the Official Report of those proceedings and the dates on which Committee Reports were ...

The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 received Royal Assent on August 4, 2015 following passage through the Scottish Parliament. The Act makes changes to the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 to allow service users to with a mental disorder to access effective treatment quickly and easily. It also contains measures around ...

This is not intended to include everything, but will highlight some of the key areas that might most affect you. More information about the all the changes in the 2015 Act is available in the explanatory notes to the Act. The information is listed in the order of the sections of the 2015 Act that brought in the changes.

Prof. Jim McManus was appointed to review the 2003 Act and suggest ways of improving it. The McManus Report was delivered in March 2009 and – after a period of consultation – a Mental Health Bill was introduced into Parliament in June 2014. Some of the changes include the following: Advance Statements: will place a statutory duty on NHS boards and local authorities to promote the use of ...

The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 received Royal Assent on 4 August 2015 following passage through the Scottish Parliament. The Act makes changes to the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 to allow service users to with a mental disorder to access effective treatment quickly and easily. It also contains measures around ...

Section 60: Amendments to the 2003 Act. Amendment to section 193. Part Four – Commencement and Short Title. Section 61: Commencement. Section 62: Short Title. Parliamentary History of Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015

This Act was passed to amend the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, and make changes to the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 about the treatment of what the Act calls “mentally disordered offenders”. It also creates a new victim information and representation scheme for victims of some mentally disordered offenders.