Mental Health Legislation

Greens Essential Legislation now brings you this collection of mental health statutes, fully annotated by specialist authors to guide you through their complexities. This is the perfect, portable text.

Mental Health Legislation contains: Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 — annotated by Hilary Patrick, Solicitor; Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (ss 52-63) — annotated by Petra Collins, Advocate; Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (2003 asp 13) — annotated by Ronald A Franks, Solicitor.

Various accompanying statutory instruments are included in the title: Act of Sederunt (Summary Applications, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc Rules) 1999 (SI 1999/929) (Ch 1 and Ch 3 Pts VIII and XXX only); The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2005 (SSI 2005/452); The Mental Health (Cross-border transfer: patients subject to detention requirement or otherwise in hospital) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (SSI 2005/467); The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) (No 2) Rules 2005 (SSI 2005/519); The Mental Health (England and Wales Cross-border transfer: patients subject to requirements other than detention) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/356).