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Section 55 Interpretation—general.

England and Wales

In this Act—

  • “local social services authority” means a council which is a local authority for the purposes of the M1Local Authority Social Services Act 1970;

  • “maternity home” has the meaning given by section 21 above;

  • “mental disorder” means mental illness, arrested or incomplete development of mind, psychopathic disorder, and any other disorder or disability of mind;

  • “mental nursing home” has the meaning given by section 22 above;

  • “nursing home” has the meaning given by section 21 above;

  • “psychopathic disorder” means a persistent disorder or disability of mind (whether or not including significant impairment of intelligence) which results in abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct on the part of the person concerned;

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Definitions in s. 55 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIV Group 2.

Marginal citations

M1

1970 c. 42.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (1.4.2002) by Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14), s. 117(2), Sch. 6; S.I. 2001/3852, art. 3(7)(j) (subject to art. 2, Sch. 1 (as amended: (27.3.2002) by S.I. 2002/1493, art. 5; (31.5.2002) by S.I. 2002/1790, art. 2; (8.12.2005) by S.I. 2005/3397, art. 2)); S.I. 2002/920, art. 3(3)(g) (subject to art. 3(5)-(10) and with art. 2, Schs. 1-3)