Part 4Public health functions of health boards

Variation and extension of orders

I150Application for variation of quarantine and hospital detention orders

1

This section applies where a person is subject to—

a

a quarantine order;

b

a short term detention order; or

c

an exceptional detention order.

2

A health board may, if it considers it appropriate, apply to the sheriff for an order under section 51(1) modifying the order.

3

An application under subsection (2) must—

a

specify—

i

the order which it is proposed to modify;

ii

the person to whom that order applies; and

iii

the modification which it is proposed to make; and

b

include a certificate such as is mentioned in subsection (4).

4

That certificate is one—

a

stating that a health board competent person is satisfied—

i

as to the matters mentioned in section 40(2)(a) and (b)(i), 42(2)(a) and (b)(i), 43(2)(a) and (b)(i) or, as the case may be, 45(2)(a); and

ii

that it is necessary, to avoid or minimise a risk to public health, for the person to continue to be quarantined or, as the case may be, detained in hospital; and

b

signed by that person.