# Transfer from Scotland to England **URL:** \ **Category:** Mental Health Act\ **Tags:** mha-forms\ **Created:** [3 November 2022 23:07 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/transfer-from-scotland-to-england/1335 "2022-11-03T23:07:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shalinie](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@Shalinie](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/Shalinie)\ **Post date:** [3 November 2022 23:07 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/transfer-from-scotland-to-england/1335/1 "2022-11-03T23:07:56Z")
What paperwork is required? Don’t seem to have been sent the original equivalents of Section 2 or 3 but have the TX1 transfer form and 6 pages of the CTO 1 v6 but no DET1 ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Rook](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@Richard\_Rook](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/Richard_Rook)\ **Post date:** [4 November 2022 03:33 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/transfer-from-scotland-to-england/1335/2 "2022-11-04T03:33:33Z")
The CTO1 is the equivalent of the original s3. A Scottish CTO can be the equivalent of both a s3 and an (English/Welsh) CTO (the “C” in Scotland stands for “compulsory”, not “community”). If you only have 6 pages of CTO, there may be some missing (the standard template has around 20 pages). Part 5 is the bit that actually authorises the CTO DET1s are for emergency detention prior to the Scottish Tribunal authorising the CTO - roughly equivalent to a s4. So if the patient is now on a CTO I think any previous DET1 would be irrelevant. Before the transfer can happen, the Scottish Ministers will have to agree and issue a warrant authorising the transfer. They won’t do that unless your hospital has agreed to the transfer. (The TX1 is effectively an application to the Scottish Ministers for the warrant - it doesn’t authorise anything itself).