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Defined Terms
Forensic
Inmate or
Forensic Mental Health
Inmate is someone in the
following categories (s
4 Mental
Health Act 2007):
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Not guilty by reason of
mental illness: a person subject to a special
verdict who has been found not guilty by reason of mental illness and
detained in a hospital, prison, other place or granted release into the
community conditionally ss 25, 39 Mental
Health (Criminal Procedure) Act
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Unfit for trial: a
person who has been found unfit to be tried for the offences with which they
have been charged and in some cases, granted bail s
10 Mental
Health (Criminal Procedure) Act
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Limiting term: a
person given a limiting term following a special hearing and detained in a
mental health facility, prison or other place or granted conditional
release s
27 Mental
Health (Criminal Procedure) Act Transferees: a
person who has been transferred from a prison to a mental health facility
whilst on remand or following conviction of a criminal offence and whilst
serving a sentence of imprisonment s
51 Mental
Health (Criminal Procedure) Act
These items are explained further at sections 2.30, 2.31, 2.32,
and 2.36. 2.29.1
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