Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006
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Interpretation. |
1.— In this Act, save where the context otherwise requires— | |
“ act ” includes omission and references to committing an act include references to making an omission; | ||
“ the Act of 2001” means the Mental Health Act 2001 ; | ||
“ approved medical officer ” means a consultant psychiatrist (within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2001 ); | ||
“clinical director” has the meaning assigned to it by the Mental Health Act 2001 , and, where an approved medical officer is duly authorised by a clinical director to perform his or her functions under this Act, the officer shall, in relation to those functions, be deemed, for the purposes of this Act, to be a clinical director; | ||
“court” means any court exercising criminal jurisdiction and includes court martial; | ||
“designated centre” shall be construed in accordance with section 3 ; | ||
“establishment day” means the day appointed under section 10 to be the establishment day; | ||
“intoxication” means being under the intoxicating influence of any alcoholic drink, drug, solvent or any other substance or combination of substances; | ||
“legal representative” means a practising barrister or a practising solicitor; | ||
“mental disorder” includes mental illness, mental disability, dementia or any disease of the mind but does not include intoxication; | ||
“Minister” means the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform; | ||
“patient”, in sections 12 , 13 and 14 , means a person detained in a designated centre pursuant to this Act; | ||
“ prison ” means a place of custody administered by the Minister; | ||
“ prisoner ” means a person who is in prison on foot of a sentence of imprisonment, on committal awaiting trial, on remand or otherwise; | ||
“ Review Board ” means the Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board established under section 11 ; | ||
“ special court ” means a special court established under Article 38.3.1° of the Constitution. |