In force2023 Revised EditionCurrent version · 2023 Revised EditionSee versions on Attorney General's Chambers(opens the publisher’s site)
Mental Health Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · General
Mental Health Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · General
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Unless a contrary intention appears, a reference in any other written law —
to a lunatic or mental person shall be construed as a reference to a mentally disordered person;
mentally disordered person
“mentally disordered person” means a person who suffers from a mental disorder;
to lunacy shall be construed as a reference to mental disorder;
mental disorder
“mental disorder”, subject to subsection (2), means any mental illness, arrested or incomplete development of the mind, psychiatric disorder or any other disorder or disability of the mind, however acquired;
to an asylum, a lunatic asylum, a mental hospital, a mental facility or any other medical facility for the purpose of admitting, remanding, confining or detaining a mentally disordered person shall be construed as a reference to a psychiatric facility.
psychiatric facility
“psychiatric facility” means a Government psychiatric facility or a private psychiatric facility;
mental disorder
“mental disorder”, subject to subsection (2), means any mental illness, arrested or incomplete development of the mind, psychiatric disorder or any other disorder or disability of the mind, however acquired;
mentally disordered person
“mentally disordered person” means a person who suffers from a mental disorder;
psychiatric facility
“psychiatric facility” means a Government psychiatric facility or a private psychiatric facility;