Mental Treatment Act, 1945
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Definitions. |
3.—In this Act— | |
the word “addict” means a person who— | ||
(a) by reason of his addiction to drugs or intoxicants is either dangerous to himself or others or incapable of managing himself or his affairs or of ordinary proper conduct, or | ||
(b) by reason of his addiction to drugs, intoxicants or perverted conduct is in serious danger of mental disorder; | ||
the expression “the appropriate assistance officer” means— | ||
(a) when used in relation to a person boarded out under this Act—the assistance officer for the assistance officer's district in which the person is boarded-out, and | ||
(b) when used in relation to any other person—the assistance officer for the assistance officer's district in which the person ordinarily resides; | ||
the expression “approved institution” means an institution or premises approved of by order of the Minister under section 158 of this Act; | ||
the expression “assistance officer” means an officer employed by a public assistance authority to administer home assistance under the Public Assistance Act, 1939 (No. 27 of 1939); | ||
the expression “assistance officer's district” means the district within which the duties of an assistance officer are to be performed; | ||
the expression “assistant inspector of mental hospitals” means an assistant inspector of mental hospitals appointed under section 13 of this Act; | ||
the expression “authorised institution” means an institution authorised by special Act or other enactment (including a charter) for the care, maintenance, and treatment of persons of unsound mind, not being the Dundrum Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum; | ||
the expression “authorised medical officer” has the meaning given to it by section 5 of this Act; | ||
the expression “auxiliary mental hospital” means a mental hospital provided under section 22 of this Act by a mental hospital authority; | ||
the expression “chargeable patient” means a patient who is receiving mental hospital assistance and who (with the persons, if any, liable to maintain him) is unable to provide the whole of the cost of such assistance; | ||
the expression “chargeable patient reception order”means a chargeable patient reception order under Chapter I of Part XIV of this Act; | ||
the expression “district mental hospital” means a mental hospital provided under section 21 of this Act by a mental hospital authority; | ||
the expression “the Dundrum Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum” means the central criminal lunatic asylum established in pursuance of the Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Act, 1845 ; | ||
the expression “the Inspector of Mental Hospitals” means primarily the Inspector of Mental Hospitals appointed under section 12 of this Act, but the said expression also includes a substitute for the Inspector of Mental Hospitals appointed under the said section 12 and an assistant inspector of mental hospitals; | ||
the expression “joint authority” means an authority set up by order under section 98 of this Act, | ||
the expression “joint board” means a board appointed jointly in pursuance of section 15 of this Act; | ||
the expression “local authority” means— | ||
(a) a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act, 1941 (No. 23 of 1941), or | ||
(b) a sub-committee appointed by a local pensions committee under section 8 of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1908, or | ||
(c) a vocational education committee, or | ||
(d) a committee of agriculture; | ||
the expression “mental hospital assistance”, when used in relation to a person, includes— | ||
(a) any treatment, maintenance, advice, or service given to or arranged for such person by a mental hospital authority, and | ||
(b) any payment made to or in respect of such person by a mental hospital authority; | ||
the expression “mental hospital authority” means a local administrative authority under section 15 of this Act for a mental hospital district; | ||
the expression “mental hospital district” means a district specified in the Second Schedule to this Act as so specified or as for the time being changed by order under this Act; | ||
the expression “mental institution” means a district mental hospital or other institution maintained by a mental hospital authority, a private institution, a private charitable institution, an authorised institution, or an approved institution; | ||
the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Local Government and Public Health; | ||
the expression “person in charge” has the meaning given to it by section 4 of this Act; | ||
the word “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under this Act; | ||
the expression “private charitable institution” means an institution for the care of persons of unsound mind which is supported wholly or in part by voluntary contributions and which is not kept for profit by any private individual, not being— | ||
(a) a district mental hospital or other institution maintained by a mental hospital authority, or | ||
(b) an authorised institution; | ||
the expression “private institution” means an institution or premises in which one or more than one person of unsound mind is or are taken care of for profit, not being— | ||
(a) a district mental hospital or other institution maintained by a mental hospital authority, | ||
(b) a private charitable institution, or | ||
(c) an authorised institution; | ||
the expression “private patient” means a patient other than a chargeable patient; | ||
the expression “private patient reception order” means a private patient reception order under Chapter II of Part XIV of this Act; | ||
the expression “public assistance authority” means a public assistance authority under the Public Assistance Act, 1939 (No. 27 of 1939); | ||
the expression “public assistance district” means a public assistance district under the Public Assistance Act, 1939 (No. 27 of 1939); | ||
the expression “reception order” means a chargeable patient reception order, a private patient reception order, a temporary chargeable patient reception order, or a temporary private patient reception order; | ||
the expression “recommendation for reception” means a recommendation for reception under Chapter I of Part XIV of this Act; | ||
the word “relative” means— | ||
(a) a lineal ancestor, or | ||
(b) a lineal descendant, or | ||
(c) a lineal descendant of an ancestor not more remote than a great-grandfather or great-grandmother; | ||
the expression “resident medical superintendent” means a chief medical officer under section 94 of this Act for-a district mental hospital; | ||
the expression “temporary patient” means a patient either— | ||
(a) who is— | ||
(i) suffering from mental illness, and | ||
(ii) is believed to require, for his recovery, not more than six months suitable treatment, and | ||
(iii) is unfit on account of his mental state for treatment as a voluntary patient, or | ||
(b) who is— | ||
(i) an addict, and | ||
(ii) is believed to require, for his recovery, at least six months preventive and curative treatment; | ||
the expression “temporary chargeable patient reception order” means a temporary chargeable patient reception order under Chapter III of Part XIV of this Act; | ||
the expression “temporary private patient reception order” means a temporary private patient reception order under Chapter III of Part XIV of this Act; | ||
the expression “visiting committee of an auxiliary mental hospital” means a committee appointed under section 97 of this Act to visit an auxiliary mental hospital; | ||
the expression “visiting committee of a district mental hospital” means a committee appointed under section 96 of this Act to visit a district mental hospital and the other institutions and accommodation maintained by a mental hospital authority; | ||
the expression “voluntary patient” means a person who, acting by himself or, in the case of a person less than sixteen years of age, by his parent or guardian, submits himself voluntarily for treatment for illness of a mental or kindred nature. |