# National Health Service Act 2006, Section 163: Corresponding provisions in Scotland and Northern Ireland


(1) This section applies where it appears to the Secretary of State that there is provision in Scotland or Northern Ireland under which a person may be dealt with in any way which corresponds (whether or not exactly) with a way in which a person may be dealt with under this Chapter.
(2) A decision in Scotland or Northern Ireland to deal with such a person in such a way is referred to in this section as a “corresponding decision”.
(3) If this section applies, the Secretary of State may make regulations providing for the effect to be given in England to a corresponding decision.
(4) That effect need not be the same as the effect of the decision in the place where it was made.
(5) The regulations may not provide for a corresponding decision to be reviewed or revoked in England.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/41/section/163 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006/section-163
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