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MENTAL HEALTH ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1961 - SECT 7

Definition and classification of mental disorder.

7.(1) In this Act "mental disorder" means mental illness, arrested or
incomplete development of mind and any other disorder or disability of mind.

(2) In this Act "person requiring special care" means a person suffering from
arrested or incomplete development of mind (whether arising from inherent
causes or induced by disease or injury) which renders him socially inefficient
to such an extent that he requires supervision, training or control in his own
interests or in the interests of other persons.

(3) A person shall be deemed to be socially inefficient within the meaning of
sub-section (2) if

(a)he is incapable of guarding himself against common physical dangers;

(b)he is incapable of managing himself or his affairs, or being a child, of
being taught to do so;

(c)being a child, he is the subject of a decision recorded under section
fifty-three of the Education Act (Northern Ireland), 1947, to the effect that
he has been found unsuitable for education at school; or

(d)he is in need of care for the protection of other persons.

Notification of persons requiring special care.

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