Different legislation gives people a right to access Independent Advocacy.

This includes:

• The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
  Gives a right of access to independent advocacy for anyone with a 'mental disorder' including mental ill-health (for which a diagnosis is not required); dementia; personality disorder; acquired brain injury; or learning disability.

• The Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
  Requires the wishes and feelings of an adult with incapacity to be taken into account when expressed by an independent advocate.

• The Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007; the Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011; and the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013
  All require the local authority, when appropriate, to provide information about independent advocacy to people affected by that legislation.