The Mental Health (Absconding Patients from Other Jurisdictions) (Scotland) Regulations 2008
Section 309 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) enables regulations to be made to make provision applying sections 301 to 303 of the 2003 Act to persons who are subject to corresponding measures or corresponding requirements (covering both detention and other compulsory measures under the 2003 Act and the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”)) in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands (“relevant territories”).