The Adults with Incapacity (Medical Treatment Certificates) (Scotland) Regulations 2007
These Regulations follow on from the amendment to section 47 of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”) made by section 35 of the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005, which now enables persons other than medical practitioners to issue certificates of incapacity and for 3 year certificates of incapacity to be issued in certain prescribed circumstances. Previously, the maximum duration of such a certificate was 1 year.