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MAPPA Guidance (2022)

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Memorandum of Understanding between SCTS and Mainland Health Boards in Scotland  (revised July 2017)  

Millan Report on the Review of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 

Named Persons: Guidance on claiming travel/other expenses - revised March 2015 

SIAA Mental Health Tribunal Advocacy Guidelines  (March 2012)

Guidance to Judicial office Holders on Judicial Ethics in Scotland (revised 2023)

 

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