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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations specify types of medical treatment which may be given to patients under section 244 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, and provide that such treatment may only be given in accordance with certain safeguards.

Regulations 3, 4 and 5 prescribe the conditions which must be satisfied before medical treatment may be given to the patient.

Regulation 6 lists the types of medical treatment as electro-convulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation and vagus nerve stimulation.