
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland (Appointment of Medical Commissioners) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 5th October 2005.
2 
A person appointed to serve as a medical commissioner under paragraph 3(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 shall be a medical practitioner who–
(a) is a member or fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists;
(b) has been included by the General Medical Council in the specialist register under article 8 of the European Specialist Medical Qualifications Order 1995 as a specialist in–
(i) psychiatry;
(ii) child and adolescent psychiatry;
(iii) forensic psychiatry;
(iv) mental handicap;
(v) old age psychiatry; or
(vi) psychotherapy; and
(c) since the date of inclusion in the specialist register referred to in paragraph (b), has a minimum of five years whole-time equivalent experience of providing psychiatric services.
3 
For the purposes of regulation 2(c) whole time equivalent will be calculated by multiplying the full length of the person’s experience by the following fraction:–person's hours of employment each weekhours constituting comparable whole-time employment
RHONA BRANKIN
Authorised to sign on behalf of the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
16th May 2005