{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003/section-71A",
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  "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/71A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "71A",
  "heading": "Compulsory treatment in hospital unit",
  "text": "(1) In sections 62 to 68 of this Act, a reference to a hospital may be read as a reference to a hospital unit.\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) above, “hospital unit” means any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 71A inserted (30.6.2017) by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 9), ss. 11(4), 61(2); S.S.I. 2017/197, art. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/13/section/71A",
    "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."
}