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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-scotland-act-2015-commencement-no-3-order-2017/schedule",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2017/126",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-scotland-act-2015-commencement-no-3-order-2017",
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  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nProvisions of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015\nSubject matter\nPurpose\nSection 23(1) and (2)\nConsent to being named person\nSo far as is necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under section 250(2A) (nomination of named person) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.\nSection 29\nConflicts of interest to be avoided\nSo far as is necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under section 291A (conflicts of interest to be avoided) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.\nSection 32\nCross-border transfer of patients\nSo far as is necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under sections 289(1) (cross-border transfer: patients subject to requirement other than detention), 290(1) (cross-border transfer: patients subject to detention requirement or otherwise in hospital) and 309A(1) (cross-border visits: leave of absence) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, all as amended by the 2015 Act.\nSection 33\nDealing with absconding patients\nSo far as is necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under sections 309(1), as amended by the 2015 Act, and (2ZA) (patients from other jurisdictions) and 310(1) as read with section 310(3A) (regulations as to absconding by other patients) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.\nSection 54\nRight to information: offender imprisoned\nSo far as is necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under section 16(4)(b) and (c) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (victim’s right to receive information concerning release etc. of offender).\nSection 58\nAssociated definitions\nSo far as is necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under section 16(4)(b) and (c) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003.",
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  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 asp 13. Subsection (2A) is inserted by section 23(2) of the 2015 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 291A is inserted by section 29 of the 2015 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 289(1) is amended by section 32(2) of the 2015 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 290(1) is amended by section 32(3)(a) of the 2015 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 309A was inserted by the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007, (asp 10), section 72(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Section 309 is amended by section 33(3) of the 2015 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Subsection (2ZA) is inserted by section 33(3)(c) of the 2015 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Subsection (3A) is inserted by section 33(4) of the 2015 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "2003 asp 7. Section 16 is amended by section 54 of the Act."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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