# Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015, Section 8: Suspension of orders on short-term detention


(1) The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 56 (effect of subsequent short-term detention certificate on compulsory treatment order)—
(a) in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), for the words “compulsory treatment order” there is substituted “ relevant order ”,
(b) for subsection (2) there is substituted—
“(2) A relevant order shall cease to authorise the measures specified in it for the period during which the patient is subject to—
(a) the short-term detention certificate, or
(b) an extension certificate.”,
(c) after subsection (2) there is inserted—
“(3) In this section, the references to a relevant order are to—
(a) a compulsion order, or
(b) a compulsory treatment order or an interim compulsory treatment order.”.
(3) In relation to section 56—
(a) its title becomes “ Effect of short-term detention certificate etc. on certain orders ”,
(b) the italic heading immediately preceding it becomes “ Effect of short-term detention certificate etc. on certain orders ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/9/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-scotland-act-2015/section-8
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