Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 742 (S.75)
The Mental Health (Patients in the Community) (Transfer from England and Wales to Scotland) Regulations 1996
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1996 No. 742 (S.75)
MENTAL HEALTH
The Mental Health (Patients in the Community) (Transfer from England and Wales to Scotland) Regulations 1996
| Laid before Parliament | 11th March 1996 |
| Coming into force | 1st April 1996 |
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 35K(2) and section 58 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) (Transfer from England and Wales to Scotland) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—"the Act" means the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984.
Modification of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984
3. For the purposes of applying to a community care application made or to be made by virtue of section 35K of the Act, sections 35A to 35C of the Act shall have effect subject to the modifications prescribed in the Schedule hereto.
James Douglas-Hamilton
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
7th March 1996
Notes:[1] 1984 c. 36; section 35K was inserted by the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995 (c. 52), ("the 1995 Act"), section 4.
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