Schedule 3 - Repeals
214.The following provisions amend the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp13).
215.At present, paragraph 4(3)(b) of schedule 2 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 provides that a member of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland must vacate office on the day on which the member reaches the age of 70. The repeal of paragraph 4(3)(b) of schedule 2 removes this requirement.
216.The repeal of paragraph 4(6)(b) of schedule 2 removes reference to the Tribunal members’ age as one of the circumstances by which they would not be reappointed after a current 5 year appointment has ended.