“adult” shall be construed in accordance with section 1;

“continuing attorney” shall be construed in accordance with section 15;

“guardianship order” shall be construed in accordance with section 58;

“incapable” and “incapacity” shall be construed in accordance with section 1;

“intervention order” shall be construed in accordance with section 53;

“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), and references to a local authority shall be construed as references to the local authority for the area in which the adult resides;

“managers of an establishment” shall be construed in accordance with schedule 1;

“mental disorder” F1has the meaning given by section 328 of the 2003 Act;

F2“mental health officer” has the meaning given by section 329 of the 2003 Act;

“Mental Welfare Commission” means the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland continued in being by F3section 4 of the 2003 Act;

F4“named person” has the meaning given by section 329 of the 2003 Act;

“nearest relative” F5has the meaning given by section 254 of the 2003 Act;

“office holder”, in relation to a guardian, means the chief social work officer of the local authority;

“person claiming an interest” includes the local authority, the Mental Welfare Commission and the Public Guardian;

“power of attorney” includes a factory and commission;

F6“practising solicitor” means a solicitor holding a practising certificate issued in accordance with Part 2 of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 46);

“prescribe”, except for the purposes of anything which may be or is to be prescribed by the Public Guardian, means prescribe by regulations; and “prescribed” shall be construed accordingly;

“primary carer” in relation to an adult, means the person or organisation primarily engaged in caring for him;

“Public Guardian” shall be construed in accordance with section 6;

“State hospital” shall be construed in accordance with section 102 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c.29);

“substitute guardian” shall be construed in accordance with section 63;

“welfare attorney” shall be construed in accordance with section 16;

“withdrawer” shall be construed in accordance with section 26;

“the 1984 Act” means the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.36).

F7“the 2003 Act” means the Mental Health (Care and Treatment)(Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13).