# Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, Paragraph 1


Section 57(3) of this Act shall have effect as if, for paragraph (e), there were substituted the following—
“(e) that it will be necessary, immediately after the hospital direction or, as the case may be, transfer for treatment direction to which the patient is subject ceases to have effect, for the patient to be subject to a compulsory treatment order.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/13/schedule/3/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003/schedule-3/paragraph-1
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