[80B Removal of detained patients from Scotland]
Mental Health Act 1983 (1983 c 20) | Legislation

[80B  Removal of detained patients from Scotland]

[(1)     This section applies to a patient if—

(a)     he is removed to England and Wales under regulations made under section 290(1)(a) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”);

(b)     immediately before his removal, his detention in hospital was authorised by virtue of that Act or the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995; and

(c)     on his removal, he is admitted to a hospital in England or Wales.

(2)     He shall be treated as if, on the date of his admission to the hospital, he had been so admitted in pursuance of an application made, or an order or direction made

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