Mental Health Act 2001 · Updated to 1 Feb 2014 · Part XII · General
85. Construction of written law
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to a lunatic or mental person shall be construed as a reference to a mentally disordered person;
mentally disordered person
“mentally disordered person” means any person found by due course of law to be mentally disordered and incapable of managing himself and his affairs. Court may order inquiry
to a lunacy shall be construed as a reference to mental disorder;
mental disorder
“mental disorder” means any mental illness, arrested or incomplete development of the mind, psychiatric disorder or any other disorder or disability of the mind however acquired; and
to an asylum, a lunatic asylum, an approved hospital or a mental hospital shall be construed as a reference to a psychiatric hospital.
psychiatric hospital
“psychiatric hospital” means a government psychiatric hospital or a private psychiatric hospital including a gazetted private psychiatric hospital;