http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/595/article/3The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-23Expert Participation2024-04-17
The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986art. 14AMental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Sch. 8 para. 10s. 285-287s. 307(2)The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986art. 36(2)(za)Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Sch. 8 para. 22(3)s. 285-287s. 307(2)The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986art. 36(3)(e) and wordMental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Sch. 8 para. 22(4)(d)s. 285-287s. 307(2)The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986art. 37(1)(za)Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Sch. 8 para. 23(2)(a)s. 285-287s. 307(2)The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986art. 37(1A)Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Sch. 8 para. 23(3)s. 285-287s. 307(2)The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986art. 63A 63BMental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Sch. 8 para. 31s. 285-287s. 307(2)The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986art. 67(2A)Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Sch. 8 para. 35(4)s. 285-287s. 307(2)The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986art. 83(4A)Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Sch. 8 para. 48(4)s. 285-287s. 307(2)The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986art. 120(4)Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Sch. 8 para. 59(4s. 285-287s. 307(2)The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986art. 133(2A)Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Sch. 8 para. 68(4)s. 285-287s. 307(2)The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 art.52 Armed Forces Act 1996 s. 35(2) Sch.7 Pt.III The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986art. 52Armed Forces Act 1996s. 35(2) Sch.7 Pt. 3The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986Sch.05 Pt. 1Criminal Appeal Act 1995s. 29(2) Sch. 3The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986Sch. 5 Pt. 2Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003Sch. 5art. 1(2)art. 2Sch.art. 3
PART IINTRODUCTORY<Emphasis><Addition ChangeId="key-cc2ad6636bc424a0b09cb61820225299-1581584496407" CommentaryRef="key-cc2ad6636bc424a0b09cb61820225299">Interpretation of Order</Addition></Emphasis><Emphasis>Definition of “mental disorder” and related expressions</Emphasis>31In this Order—“mental disorder” means mental illness, mental handicap and any other disorder or disability of mind;“mental illness” means a state of mind which affects a person's thinking, perceiving, emotion or judgment to the extent that he requires care or medical treatment in his own interests or the interests of other persons;“mental handicap” means a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind which includes significant impairment of intelligence and social functioning;“severe mental handicap” means a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind which includes severe impairment of intelligence and social functioning;“severe mental impairment” means a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind which includes severe impairment of intelligence and social functioning and is associated with abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct on the part of the person concerned.2No person shall be treated under this Order as suffering from mental disorder, or from any form of mental disorder, by reason only of personality disorder, promiscuity or other immoral conduct, sexual deviancy or dependence on alcohol or drugs.Pt. I applied (31.3.2013) by Mental Health (Private Hospitals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/403), regs. 1, 3(2), 4Pt. I applied (31.3.2013) by Mental Health (Private Hospitals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/22), regs. 1, 3(2), 4Art. 2 cross-heading inserted (2.12.2019) by Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 18), s. 307(2), Sch. 8 para. 2 (with ss. 285-287); S.R. 2019/163, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.R. 2019/190, art. 2)