# Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, Section 51: Commission’s power to revoke short-term detention certificate or extension certificate

Extent: S

Where—
(a) a patient is subject to a short-term detention certificate or an extension certificate; and
(b) the Commission is satisfied—
(i) that not all of the conditions mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of section 44(4) of this Act continue to be met in respect of the patient; or
(ii) that it does not continue to be necessary for the detention in hospital of the patient to be authorised by the certificate,
the Commission may revoke the certificate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/13/section/51 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003/section-51
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