Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015
The Act makes a range of amendments to the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, which applies to anyone with a mental illness, personality disorder or learning disability. Collectively defined as a “mental disorder.”
One of the key changes is the extension of victims’ rights under the Victim Notification Scheme. This allows victims to receive information and make representations about a prisoner who has been placed under a hospital direction or a transfer for treatment direction.
It also introduced a victim notification scheme for victims of mentally disordered offenders who are subject to a compulsion order and restriction order.
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