# The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005, Article 9: Patients absent from hospitals in Northern Ireland


Any person who is subject to corresponding measures (within the meaning of section 290(8) of the 2003 Act) in Northern Ireland and who is taken into custody in Scotland under regulations made under section 309 or 310 of the 2003 Act, as a result of being subject to those measures, may be returned to Northern Ireland by any person authorised by or by virtue of those regulations to take him into custody.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2078/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003-consequential-provisions-order-2005/article-9
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