# Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, Section 3: Equal opportunities

Extent: S

(1) Subsection (2) below applies whenever a person mentioned in subsection (3) below is discharging a function by virtue of this Act.
(2) The person shall discharge the function in a manner that encourages equal opportunities and in particular the observance of the equal opportunity requirements.
(3) The persons referred to in subsection (1) above are—
(a) the Scottish Ministers;
(b) the Commission;
(c) a local authority;
(d) a Health Board;
(e) a Special Health Board;
(f) a National Health Service trust;
(fa) (as respects its health service functions only) Healthcare Improvement Scotland;
(g) the managers of a hospital;
(h) a mental health officer;
(i) a patient’s responsible medical officer;
(j) a medical practitioner; and
(k) a nurse.
(4) In this section “equal opportunities” and “equal opportunity requirements” have the same meanings as in Section L2 of Part II of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

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