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.