Explanatory note

These Regulations make minor amendments to existing forms and provide new forms to be used under Part V of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984.

Existing forms to be used in connection with procedures for the compulsory admission to and the detention in hospital of patients, or their reception into guardianship, are amended so that all include the date of birth of the patient. Some modification is made to certificates of consent or second opinion under section 98 of the 1984 Act.

New forms are prescribed to be used in connection with procedures for the making of community care orders and for subsequent procedures relating to patients subject to such orders in accordance with sections 35A to 35J inserted into Part V of the 1984 Act by the Mental Health (Patients in the Community Act) Act 1995.

Each form in the Schedule shows the reference to the provision of the 1984 Act which requires the form to be prescribed.

The Mental Health (Prescribed Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1984 (S.I. 1984/1495) are revoked.