{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003/section-246",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003/section-246.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": "section/246",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "246",
  "heading": "Certificates under section 238",
  "text": "(1) A certificate under section 238 of this Act shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed by regulations.\n(2) A person who gives a certificate under section 238 of this Act shall, before the expiry of the period of 7 days beginning with the day on which the certificate is given, send a copy of it to the Commission.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 246(2) inserted (2.12.2004) by Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 Modification Order 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/533), arts. 1, 2(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 246(1): s. 246 renumbered as s. 246(1) (2.12.2004) by Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 Modification Order 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/533), arts. 1, 2(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 246 in force at 21.3.2005 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 2, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 246 in force at 5.10.2005 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 3 (as substituted (1.7.2005) by S.S.I. 2005/375, art. 2 and as amended (22.9.2005) by S.S.I. 2005/459, art. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/13/section/246",
    "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."
}