{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-tribunal-for-scotland-practice-and-procedure-no-2-rules-2005/article-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-tribunal-for-scotland-practice-and-procedure-no-2-rules-2005/article-23.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2005/519",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) (No. 2) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-tribunal-for-scotland-practice-and-procedure-no-2-rules-2005",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Initiating appeals to the Tribunal",
  "text": "(1) An appeal to the Tribunal shall be made in writing and shall state–\n(a) the name and address of the appellant;\n(b) the name and address of the patient;\n(c) the name and address of the patient's named person;\n(d) where the patient is detained, the name and address of the hospital where the patient is detained;\n(e) where the patient is required to reside at a specified place, the address of that specified place;\n(f) the matter which is being appealed;\n(g) a brief statement setting out the reasons for the appeal.\n(2) The appellant shall sign the appeal.\n(2A) Where an appeal is made by virtue of a provision giving a listed initiator authority to act, the listed initiator requirement must be complied with.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 23(2A) inserted (30.6.2017) by The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) (No. 2) Amendment Rules 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/172), rules 1, 4(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/519/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:23:39.485520+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."
}