--(1) This Part-
----(a) contains special provisions which apply in proceedings involving minors and patients; and
----(b) sets out how a person becomes a minor's or patient's next friend.
--(Rule 5.11 contains provisions about the service of documents on minors and patients)
--(2) In this Part-
"the Act" means the Mental Health Act (Chap. 28:02);
"minor" means a person under 18 years; and
"patient" means a person who by reason of mental disorder within the meaning of the Act is incapable of managing and administering his own affairs.
Notes
Amended by Legal Notice 140 of 2000.
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