Regulation 2 Definitions

In these Regulations—

• “the 1983 Act” means the Mental Health Act 1983^f1;

• “the 2006 Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006;

• “designated officer” has the meaning given in section 37(1) of the Courts Act 2003^f2;

• “duly approved” has the meaning given in section 172(1) of the 2006 Act;

• “judge advocate” means the judge advocate specified under section 155(5) of the 2006 Act for proceedings in which a service supervision order falls to be considered;

• “local justice area” has the meaning given in section 8 of the Courts Act 2003 and “local justice area concerned” shall be interpreted in accordance with regulation 5(2) below;

• “local probation board” means a local probation board established under section 4 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000^f3;

• “local social services authority” has the meaning given in section 145(1) of the 1983 Act;

• “local social services authority area” means an area for which a local social services authority is responsible;

• “service supervision order” means, subject to regulation 18, a service supervision order made by the Court Martial under section 169(2) of the 2006 Act.