# The Mental Health (After-care under Supervision) Regulations 1996, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/294/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-after-care-under-supervision-regulations-1996/regulation-1
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