{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1985/section-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1985/section-51.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/73",
  "legislation_title": "Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1985",
  "path": "section/51",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Amendments to Mental Health 9Scotland) Act 1984 as respects hospital orders.",
  "text": "(1) The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this section.\n(2) In each of sections 21 (approval of applications by the sheriff : hospital) and 40 (approval of applications by the sheriff : guardianship)—\n(a) the words “for his approval” shall be omitted from subsection (1) ;\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 51(2)(b) repealed (5.10.2005) by Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13), s. 333(2), Sch. 5 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 3 (as substituted (1.7.2005) by S.S.I. 2005/375, art. 2 and as amended (22.9.2005) by S.S.I. 2005/459, art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1984 c. 36."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/73/section/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:40.745801+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}