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The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2017

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Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 201(4) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Criminal Law

Made 2017

Coming into force 30th June 2017

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 201(2)(a) and 204(1) and (2) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 201(4) of that Actf2 a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2010 asp 13 (“the 2010 Act”).

f2

Section 201(4) is modified by the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10), schedule 3, paragraph 5.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
  3. 3Saving provision
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2017 and comes into force on 30th June 2017.

2The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003

(1)

Section 299 (Nurse’s power to detain pending medical examination) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

in the opening words of paragraph (a), for “section 228(1)” substitute “section 227A(1)”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (i) of that paragraph, for “subsections (1) and (2)(a) of section 230” substitute “subsections (1) and (3)(a) of section 227R”; and

(c)

in sub-paragraph (ii) of that paragraph, for “subsections (1) and (2)(b)” substitute “subsections (1) and (3)(b)”.

3Saving provision

(1)

The amendments made by article 2 are of no effect in respect of a person being given medical treatment in hospital by virtue of a relevant order under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995f1 (“the 1995 Act”).

(2)

In paragraph (1), a “relevant order” is an order under section 228f2 of the 1995 Act which includes a requirement by virtue of section 230 of that Act to submit to treatment as a resident patient in hospital or as a non-resident patient at an institution or place specified in the order.

Signature

Name

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

Date

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision in consequence of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (“the 2010 Act”) which, amongst other things, amended the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 to replace probation orders with community payback orders (see section 14 and paragraph 17 of schedule 2 of the 2010 Act).

Article 2 sets out consequential amendments to the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 which includes a power for nurses, in certain circumstances and for specified purposes, to detain a person who is in hospital for treatment. The amendments clarify that this power will apply where the person is in hospital by virtue of a community payback order which includes a mental health treatment requirement.

Article 3 provides that the amendments will not affect the nurse’s power to detain a person who is in hospital for treatment by virtue of a probation order which includes a mental health treatment requirement. This is necessary because probation orders remain available for persons convicted of offences committed before 1st February 2011, by virtue of savings provisions specified in SSI 2010/413.