Explanatory note

This Order revokes and re-enacts with amendments the Mental Health (Prescription of Class of Nurse) (Scotland) Order 1984. It prescribes the class of nurse who is empowered under section 25 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 to detain for up to 2 hours a person already being treated in hospital for mental disorder but not liable to be detained, by reference to a nurse registered in parts 3, 5, 13 or 14 of the register kept under the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979. The previous order referred only to parts 3 and 5.