Part 3Victims etc
Chapter 2Representations and information
Interpretation
45Interpretation: sections 35 to 44
(1)
In sections 35 to 44—
“court” does not include a court-martial or the Courts-Martial Appeal Court;
“hospital direction” has the meaning given in section 45A(3)(a) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20);
“hospital order” has the meaning given in section 37(4) of that Act;
“licence condition” means a condition in a licence;
“limitation direction” has the meaning given in section 45A(3)(b) of the Mental Health Act 1983;
“local probation board” means a local probation board established under section 4 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43);
“relevant sentence” means any of these—
(a)
a sentence of imprisonment for a term of 12 months or more;
(b)
a sentence of detention during Her Majesty’s pleasure;
(c)
a sentence of detention for a period of 12 months or more under section 91 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6) (offenders under 18 convicted of certain serious offences);
(d)
a detention and training order for a term of 12 months or more;
“restriction direction” has the meaning given in section 49(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983;
“restriction order” has the meaning given in section 41(1) of that Act;
“supervision requirements” means requirements specified in a notice under section 103(6) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000;
“transfer direction” has the meaning given in section 47(1) of the Mental Health Act 1983.
(2)
For the purposes of sections 35 to 44, an offence is a sexual or violent offence if it is any of these—
(a)
murder or an offence specified in Schedule 15 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44);
(b)
an offence in respect of which the patient or offender is subject to the notification requirements of Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42));
(c)
an offence against a child within the meaning of Part 2 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000.