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2.—(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires— 

:“the Act” means the Mental Health Act 1983;

:“appropriate medical officer” has the same meaning as in section 16(5) of the Act;

:“the Commission” means the Mental Health Act Commission;

:“document” means any application, recommendation, record, report, order, notice or other document;

:“private guardian”, in relation to a patient, means a person, other than a local social services authority, who acts as guardian under the Act;

:“served”, in relation to a document, includes addressed, delivered, given, forwarded, furnished or sent.

(2)	Except insofar as the context otherwise requires, any reference in these regulations to—

:(a)	a numbered section is to the section of the Act bearing that number;

:(b)	a numbered regulation or Schedule is to the regulation in or Schedule to these regulations bearing that number and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number;

:(c)	a numbered form is a reference to the form in Schedule 1 bearing that number.

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