# Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025, Section 44: Standards of service

Extent: S

(1) The 2014 Act is amended as follows.
(2) In section 2 (standards of service), in subsection (3)(b)—
(a) the words from “prisons” to the end become sub-paragraph (i),
(b) after sub-paragraph (i), insert—
“(ii) persons who are subject both to a compulsion order under either section 57(2)(a) or 57A(2) of the 1995 Act and to a restriction order under section 59 of that Act,
(iii) persons who are subject to a hospital direction under section 59A of the 1995 Act,
(iv) persons in respect of whom a transfer for treatment direction under section 136(2) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 has been made,”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/12/section/44 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/victims-witnesses-and-justice-reform-scotland-act-2025/section-44
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