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Paragraph 7.3 Applications for treatment ordersF1

(1)

A written application under—

(a)

section 52K(1) of the Act of 1995 (treatment order: prosecutor); or

(b)

section 52L(1) of the Act of 1995 (treatment order: Scottish Ministers),

shall be in Form 7.3.

(2)

Where an application is made under paragraph (1)—

(a)

the court shall appoint a diet for hearing the application; and

(b)

the clerk of court shall intimate the diet to the applicant, the person in respect of whom the application is made or the solicitor for that person, the governor of any institution in which the person in respect of whom the application is made is detained, and where the application is by the Scottish Ministers, the prosecutor.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 2 Ch. 7 substituted (5.10.2005) by Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 4) (Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003) 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/457), paras. 1(1), 2(2)