The Mental Health (Advance Statements) (Prescribed Class of Persons) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2004

JurisdictionScotland
CitationSSI 2004/429
Year2004

2004 No. 429

MENTAL HEALTH

The Mental Health (Advance Statements) (Prescribed Class of Persons) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2004

Made 30th September 2004

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 1st October 2004

Coming into force 4th October 2004

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 275(2)(d) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 20031and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

S-1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Health (Advance Statements) (Prescribed Class of Persons) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 4th October 2004.

(2) In these Regulations–

“care service” has the meaning given by subsection (1)(a), (b), (e), (g), (h) and (k) of section 2 of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 20012; and

“social worker” has the meaning given by section 77(1) of that Act.

S-2 Prescribed persons

Prescribed persons

2. The following class of persons is prescribed for the purposes of section 275(2)(d) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003

(a) clinical psychologists entered on the British Psychological Society’s register of chartered psychologists;

(b) medical practitioners;

(c) occupational therapists registered with the Health Professions Council;

(d) persons employed in the provision of (or in managing the provision of) a care service;

(e) registered nurses;

(f) social workers; and

(g) solicitors.

S-3 Revocation

Revocation

3. The Mental Health (Advance Statements) (Prescribed Class of Persons) (Scotland) Regulations 20043are hereby revoked.

MALCOLM CHISHOLM

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

30th September 2004

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations replace (with amendment to the coming into force date) the Mental Health (Advance Statements) (Prescribed Class of Persons) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 ( S.S.I. 2004/387) which are revoked by these Regulations (regulation 3). The content of the Regulations is identical in all other respects.

The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the Act”) makes provision for the making of “advance statements”. Any such statement must be witnessed and certified by a “prescribed person”. These Regulations prescribe, for the purposes of section 275(2)(d) of the Act, the class of...

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