{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-tribunal-for-scotland-practice-and-procedure-no-2-amendment-rules-2026/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-tribunal-for-scotland-practice-and-procedure-no-2-amendment-rules-2026/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2026/35",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) (No. 2) Amendment Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-tribunal-for-scotland-practice-and-procedure-no-2-amendment-rules-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TRIBUNALS AND INQUIRIES\nMade 27th January 2026\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 29th January 2026\nComing into force 1st April 2026\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 10 of schedule 2 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, section 44(2) and (3) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 asp 13."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2024 asp 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/35/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:31:53.902700+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."
}