Part VE+W Supplementary

55 Interpretation—general.E+W

In this Act—

  • local social services authority” means a council which is a local authority for the purposes of the M1Local Authority Social Services Act 1970;

  • maternity home” has the meaning given by section 21 above;

  • mental disorder” means mental illness, arrested or incomplete development of mind, psychopathic disorder, and any other disorder or disability of mind;

  • mental nursing home” has the meaning given by section 22 above;

  • nursing home” has the meaning given by section 21 above;

  • psychopathic disorder” means a persistent disorder or disability of mind (whether or not including significant impairment of intelligence) which results in abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct on the part of the person concerned;

  • the standard scale” means the standard scale as defined in section 75 of the M2Criminal Justice Act 1982; and

  • the statutory maximum” means the statutory maximum as defined in section 74 of that Act.

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