Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015
See also
- Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No 1, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2015
- Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2015
Scottish Government website
The text from this website (accessed 14/11/5) is reproduced here.
Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015
The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 received Royal Assent on August 4, 2015 following passage through the Scottish Parliament. The Act makes changes to the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 to allow service users to with a mental disorder to access effective treatment quickly and easily. It also contains measures around named persons, advance statements and advocacy to enhance service users' rights and to promote service users’ involvement in their treatment. It introduces a Victim Notification Scheme for victims of mentally disordered offenders. It also makes some changes to the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 in relation to mental health disposals in criminal cases:
Implementation of the 2015 Act
We are developing a full plan for implementing the Act and will continue to work with stakeholders on developing the plan. This will include a stakeholder reference group and the Code of Practice working group. Implementation of the Act will include secondary legislation, implementation of the Victim Notification Scheme for victims of mentally disordered offenders and revisions to guidance, forms and the Code of Practice. We will involve a wide range of stakeholders in this work.
Regulations related to appeals against levels of security were laid before Parliament on August 31, 2015. The regulations are subject to approval by the Scottish Parliament and have a coming into force date of November 16, 2015. A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment is available:
- The Mental Health (Detention in Conditions of Excessive Security) (Scotland) Regulations 2015
- Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (PDF, 179.83 kb)
We do not expect the majority of the Act to be commenced before Autumn 2016 and we will ensure that further details and dates relating to implementation of the Act, including consultations on secondary legislation and information on when individual provisions come into force, are communicated widely and as far in advance as possible. That includes through this section of the Scottish Government website.
External links
Scottish Government website: Mental health law pageFull text: Legislation.gov.uk
Type: Act of the Scottish Parliament🔍
Year: 2015🔍
Number: 9
Subject: Miscellaneous legislation🔍 · Scottish legislation🔍
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