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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-tribunal-for-scotland-practice-and-procedure-no-2-amendment-rules-2017/article-7",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2017/172",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) (No. 2) Amendment Rules 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-tribunal-for-scotland-practice-and-procedure-no-2-amendment-rules-2017",
  "path": "article/7",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Decisions",
  "text": "In rule 72 (decision of the tribunal)—\n(a) in paragraph (3) after “the parties” insert “, the patient’s mental health officer (if they are not a party to the proceedings), the patient’s responsible medical officer (if they are not a party to the proceedings)”;\n(b) in paragraph (6) for “it is sent to the parties” substitute “a copy of the document mentioned in sub-paragraph (7) is sent to the parties”.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/172/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:18:26.948582+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."
}