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Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Health (After-care under Supervision) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

(2)

In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires—

  • “the 1977 Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;

  • “the 1983 Act” means the Mental Health Act 1983.

(3)

In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires any reference—

(a)

to a numbered regulation or a numbered Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations; and

(b)

in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation; and

(c)

to a numbered form is a reference to the form bearing that number in Schedule 2.