{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003/section-54",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003/section-54.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/54",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Certificate under section 53: revocation",
  "text": "(1) Subsection (2) below applies where a certificate is granted under section 53(1) of this Act in respect of a patient.\n(2) If the patient’s responsible medical officer is satisfied that it is necessary—\n(a) in the interests of the patient; or\n(b) for the protection of any other person,\nthat the certificate be revoked, the responsible medical officer may revoke the certificate.\n(3) Where a responsible medical officer revokes a certificate under subsection (2) above, the responsible medical officer shall, as soon as practicable after doing so, give notice of the revocation to—\n(a) the patient;\n(b) the patient’s named person;\n(c) the mental health officer;\n(d) if the certificate includes a condition such as is mentioned in section 53(4)(a) of this Act, any person authorised in accordance with that condition; and\n(e) the Commission.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 54 in force at 5.10.2005 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/54",
    "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."
}