Report on the Review of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984

Footnotes Section 5

1 1984 Act, s3(1)
2 Mental Welfare Commission Annual Report 1999-00, Section 6
3 1984 Act, s2(2)
4 We understand that such an appointment is in fact being made
5 Disabiligty Rihts Commission Act 1999, Schedule One
6 1984 Act, s2(8), which imports provisions of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978
7 1984 Act, s3(2)(f)
8 1984 Act, sections 3(1), 33, 35I
9 Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, s73
10 1984 Act, s3(2)
11 1984 Act, s3(2)(a)
12 See, for example, the report of the inquiry into the care and treatment of Ms P in the 1998-9 Annual Report
13 As with the enquiry into the care and treatment of Noel Ruddle, carried out in 1999 (SP Paper 98, Session 1 Scottish Parliament, 2000)
14 1984 Act, s3(7)
15 1984 Act, s3(2)(f)
16 National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, s12H, inserted by Health Act 1999, s51

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