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MENTAL HEALTH ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1961 - SECT 113

Interpretation.

113.(1) In this Act

Definition rep. by 1972 NI 14 art.109(3) sch.18

"absent without leave" has the meaning assigned by section thirty;

["compulsory school age" has the same meaning as in the Education and
Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;]

Definition rep. by 1978 c.23 s.122(2) sch.7 Pt.II

["Health and Social Services Board" means a Health and Social Services Board
established under Article 16 of the Health and Personal Social Services
(Northern Ireland) Order 1972;]

Definition rep. by 1972 NI 14 art.109(3) sch.18

"hospital" means

(a)any hospital or institution vested in [the Ministry]...;

(b)any special accommodation vested in [the Ministry];

Definitions rep. by 1972 NI 14 art.109(3) sch.18; 1978 c.23 s.122(2) sch.7
Pt.II

"medical practitioner" means a registered medical practitioner within the
meaning of the Medical Act, 1956;

"medical report" has the meaning assigned by section nineteen;

"medical treatment" includes nursing, and also includes care and training
under medical supervision;

"mentaldisorder" has the meaning assigned by section seven;

"Ministry" has the meaning assigned by section one;

"nearest relative", in relation to a patient, has the meaning assigned to it
in Part II;

"patient" means a person suffering or appearing to be suffering from
mental disorder;

"person requiring special care" has the meaning assigned by section seven;

"private hospital" has the meaning assigned by section sixty-seven;

"recommendation for admission" has the meaning assigned by section fourteen;

"recommendation for guardianship" has the meaning assigned by section
twenty-one;

"responsible medical officer" has the meaning assigned to it in Part II;

"the Review Tribunal" means the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Northern
Ireland constituted under the Third Schedule;

["social worker" means an officer of a Health and Social Services Board
designated by it, with the approval of the Ministry, to act as social worker
for the purposes of this Act;]

"special accommodation" has the meaning assigned to it in Part VII;

Definitions rep. by 1972 NI 14 art.109(3) sch.18

(3) In relation to a person who is liable to be detained or subject to
guardianship by virtue of an order or direction under Part III, any reference
in this Act to any enactment contained in Part II shall be construed as a
reference to that enactment as it applies to that person by virtue of
Part III.

(4) For the purposes of this Act a person shall be deemed not to have attained
the age of sixteen years until the commencement of the sixteenth anniversary
of the date of his birth.


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