{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003-consequential-provisions-order-2005/article-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2078",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003-consequential-provisions-order-2005",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Transfer of patients to Scotland from Northern Ireland: conditional discharge",
  "text": "If it appears to the Secretary of State, in the case of a patient who–\n(a) is subject to a restriction order under Article 47(1) of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986; and\n(b) has been conditionally discharged under Article 48(2) or 78(2) of that Order,\nthat a transfer under this article would be in the interests of the patient, the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers, transfer the patient to Scotland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/2595",
      "affecting_title": "The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2012"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2078/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:54:48.951572+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."
}