# Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, Section 273: Interpretation of Chapter

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(1) In this Chapter—
“relevant Health Board” means, in relation to a patient of such description as may be specified in regulations, the Health Board, or Special Health Board—
(a)of such description as may be so specified; or
(b)determined under such regulations; and
“relevant patient” means a patient whose detention in hospital is authorised by—
(a)if the patient is also subject to a restriction order, a compulsion order,
(b)a hospital direction, or
(c)a transfer for treatment direction.
(2) In this Chapter, a reference to a hospital may be read as a reference to a hospital unit.
(3) For the purposes of this Chapter, “hospital unit” means any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/13/section/273 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003/section-273
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