{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-social-circumstances-reports-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-social-circumstances-reports-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2005/310",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (Social Circumstances Reports) (Scotland) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-social-circumstances-reports-scotland-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Social circumstances report",
  "text": "A social circumstances report shall set out the following information, where it is relevant to the care of the patient–\n(a) the reasons for the use of compulsory powers;\n(b) the views of the patient with respect to the use of compulsory powers;\n(c) if the patient is unable to give a view, and only if available to the mental health officer, the views of the patient’s named person, carer, guardian and welfare attorney with respect to the use of compulsory powers;\n(d) the patient’s state of mental health;\n(e) the patient’s state of physical health;\n(f) the patient’s mental health history;\n(g) an assessment of the risk of harm to the patient and to others;\n(h) the patient’s personal history including details of employment, finances and accommodation prior to the use of compulsory powers;\n(i) details of the patient’s family situation including whether the patient has children, dependents and caring responsibilities;\n(j) details of the patient’s regular social contacts;\n(k) the patient’s ability to care for himself or herself;\n(l) the care being provided to the patient prior to the use of compulsory powers;\n(m) any matters which would require the local authority to make inquiries into the patient’s case under section 33 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003;\n(n) any alternatives to the use of compulsory powers which were considered and ruled out;\n(o) any history of offending, including consideration of victims and those affected;\n(p) any history of substance misuse;\n(q) ethnic, cultural and religious factors;\n(r) whether the patient has difficulty in communicating; and\n(s) any plan which has been put in place to deal with any of the above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/310/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:25:31.054023+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}