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The Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship, Community Treatment and Consent to Treatment) (Wales) Regulations 2008

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2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

  • “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Mental Health Act 1983;

  • “bank holiday” (“gŵyl banc”) means a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(1);

  • “business day” (“diwrnod busnes”) means any day except Saturday, Sunday or a bank holiday;

  • “document” (“dogfen”) means any application, recommendation, record, report, order, notice or other document;

  • “electronic communication” (“cyfathrebiad electronig”) has the same meaning as in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000(2);

  • “private guardian” (“gwarcheidwad preifat”), in relation to a patient, means a person, other than a local social services authority, who acts as a guardian under the Act;

  • “served” (“cyflwyno”), in relation to a document, includes addressed, delivered, given, forwarded, furnished or sent;

  • “special hospital” (“ysbyty arbennig”) means a hospital at which high security psychiatric services are provided

  • “tribunal” (“tribiwnlys”) means the Mental Health Tribunal for Wales or the First-tier Tribunal established under the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007(3) as the case may be.

(2) Except insofar as the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to –

(a)a numbered section is to the section of the Act bearing that number;

(b)a numbered regulation or Schedule is to the regulation in or Schedule to these regulations bearing that number;

(c)any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number;

(d)an alphanumeric form is a reference to the form in Schedule 1 bearing that designation.

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