# The Armed Forces (Unfitness to Stand Trial and Insanity) Regulations 2009, Regulation 2: Definitions


In these Regulations—
“the 1983 Act” means the Mental Health Act 1983;
“the 2006 Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006;
“designated officer” has the meaning given in section 37(1) of the Courts Act 2003;
“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;
“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1213/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-unfitness-to-stand-trial-and-insanity-regulations-2009/regulation-2
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