Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018

13 Interpretation

In this Act—

• “health service hospital” has the same meaning as in section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006;

• “independent hospital” has the same meaning as in section 145(1) of the Mental Health Act 1983;

• “the NHS” has the same meaning as in section 64(4) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012;

• “responsible person” means a person appointed under section 2(1);

• “relevant health organisation” means—

  (a)

  an NHS trust;

  (b)

  an NHS foundation trust;

  (c)

  any person who provides health care services for the purposes of the NHS within the meaning of Part 3 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012;

• “staff” means any person who works for a relevant health organisation that operates a mental health unit (whether as an employee or a contractor) who—

  (a)

  may be authorised to use force on a patient in the unit,

  (b)

  may authorise the use of force on a particular patient in the unit, or

  (c)

  has the function of providing general authority for the use of force in the unit.