The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 covers a range of issues relating to the effect of the mental health orders that may be imposed by the Court where it makes a disposal in the case of a mentally disordered offender (MDO). For the first time the Act introduced a statutory role for Mental Health Officers (MHOs) in relation to mental health orders made by the criminal courts under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 199

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