{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "asp/2003/13",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act of the Scottish Parliament to restate and amend the law relating to mentally disordered persons; and for connected purposes.\nThe Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 20th March 2003 and received Royal Assent on 25th April 2003",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act applied (5.10.2005) by Mental Health (Cross-border transfer; patients subject to detention requirement or otherwise in hospital) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/467), reg. 46 (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) (3.11.2008) by Mental Health (England and Wales Cross-border transfer: patients subject to requirements other than detention) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/356), reg. 33(1) (with regs. 2, 33(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act applied in part (17.4.2024) by The Armed Forces (Appeals Against Review of Sentence) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/619), regs. 1(2), 6(5)(6), 29(6)(7); S.I. 2024/562, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/13/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:46.625109+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."
}