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Explanatory note

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The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 provides that members of the Scottish Parliament, members of the Scottish Executive and junior Scottish Ministers are disqualified from appointment as, and being, a member of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland. These Regulations add to this list of persons so disqualified, members of the staff of the Scottish Administration and holders of offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices.