{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-13.json",
  "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": "schedule/2/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, where a decision is to be made by more than one member of the Tribunal, the decision of the Tribunal shall be made by majority.\n(2) If there is a tie, the convener shall have a second vote as a casting vote.\n(3) A decision of the Tribunal shall be recorded in a document which contains a full statement of the facts found by the Tribunal and the reasons for the decision.\n(4) The Tribunal shall—\n(a) inform each party of its decision; and\n(b) as soon as practicable after completion of the document mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) above, send a copy to each party.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in sch. 2 para. 13(4)(b) substituted (27.9.2005) by Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Modification of Enactments) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/465), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 32(26)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in sch. 2 para. 13(4)(b) inserted (27.9.2005) by Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Modification of Enactments) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/465), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 32(26)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 13 in force at 3.5.2004 by S.S.I. 2004/153, art. 3, Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "modified (temp.)",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2020/7",
      "affecting_title": "Coronavirus Act 2020"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/13/schedule/2/paragraph/13",
    "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."
}