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| public authorities | These are organisations whose role is of a public nature. this includes: police nhs hospitals and employees local authorities and their employees some nursing and personal care accommodation provi... |
| local police records | These are police records, not held on the police national computer, containing non-conviction information. m |
| civil procedure rules (cpr) | These are the rules which set out how a case is to be conducted in the civil courts (as opposed to criminal courts) in england and wales. the aim of these rules is to make the court procedures fai... |
| summary offences | These include motor offences and minor assaults. cases are heard in the magistrates` court. |
| either-way offences | These include theft and handling stolen goods. cases are heard in either the magistrates` court or crown court. |
| indictable offences | These include very serious offences, like rape, manslaughter and murder. cases are heard in the crown court. |
| final warning | These no longer exist, but were given to young people under the age of 18 if the police decided not to prosecute them and they had already received a reprimand for a previous offence. they were al... |
| general data protection regulation (uk gdpr) | These regulations tell organisations how they can use your personal information. they also give you rights to access and correct personal information held about you. |
| group 2 licence holders | This includes people who drive large lorries and buses. |
| group 1 licence holders | This includes people who drive motor cars and motor cycles. |
| dbs check | This is a check of your criminal record carried out by the disclosure and barring service. it used to be called a `crb check`. |
| enhanced dbs check | This is a check of your criminal record which will show details of all spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings held on central police records (apart from protected c... |
| standard dbs check | This is a check of your criminal record which will show details of all spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings held on central police records (apart from protected c... |
| enhanced dbs with list check | This is a check of your criminal record which will show the same as an enhanced dbs check, but will also include a check of the disclosure and barring service’s (dbs) children’s and adults’ barred... |
| spent convictions or cautions | This is a conviction or caution that, after a period of time, can be treated as if it never existed and no longer needs to be disclosed in a basic dbs check. simple cautions become spent immediate... |
| county court | This is a court which deals with civil (non–criminal) matters. there are fees for starting a claim in the county court. however, if you have a low income, you may be able to pay a reduced amount, ... |
| section 12 approved doctor | This is a doctor trained and qualified in the use of the mental health act, usually a psychiatrist. they may also be a responsible clinician, if the responsible clinician is a doctor. |
| certificate of capacity | This is a document, signed by a certificate provider, confirming that you understand why you are making a lasting power of attorney, and that no fraud or undue pressure has been used on you to for... |
| driver and vehicle licensing agency (dvla) | This is a government department that maintains registers of drivers and vehicles in great britain. |
| mental health act 1983 (mha) | This is a law that applies to england and wales which allows people to be detained in hospital (sectioned) if they have a mental health disorder and need treatment. you can only be kept in hospita... |
| mental health (wales) measure 2010 | This is a law that applies to wales. it sets out the support that people living in wales should receive from primary and secondary mental health services. n |
| place of safety | This is a locally agreed place where the police may take you to be assessed. it`s usually a hospital but can be your home. a police station should only be used in an emergency. |
| approved clinician | This is a mental health professional who has certain responsibilities related to your healthcare. they are approved to do this by the department of health (england) or by the welsh ministers (wale... |
| continuing healthcare (chc) | This is a package of care for people who are not in hospital and have been assessed as having a `primary health need` (this means that your main need must relate to your health). you don`t have to... |
| mental health tribunal (mht) | This is a special court that deals with cases relating to the mental health act 1983. the tribunal decides whether you can be discharged from your section. it can sometimes make recommendations ab... |
| upper tribunal | This is a tribunal which handles appeals received from lower tribunals. it is not a specialist mental health tribunal. you can appeal to it if the mental health tribunal got a point of law wrong. ... |
| community sentence | This is a type of sentence where you won`t have to go to prison but you might have some conditions in the community. this might be: unpaid work living at a particular place, or receiving mental he... |
| subject access request (sar) | This is a written request to an organisation asking for details of the personal information they hold about you. see our pages on accessing my personal information to find out more. |
| conditional fee arrangement (cfa) | This is an arrangement that law firms sometimes make to pay for your legal case. it means that you only pay for your lawyer`s work if you win your case and you receive compensation. if your claim ... |
| carer`s assessment | This is an assessment for carers, to find out what their needs for support are. |
| second opinion appointed doctor (soad) | This is an independent doctor appointed by the care quality commission in england or by the healthcare inspectorate wales. you need his or her approval to be given or continue to be given certain ... |
| restriction order or restriction direction | This is an order made by the court when it has made a hospital order under section 37 to put restrictions on your discharge, transfer or leave from hospital. the secretary of state`s consent must ... |
| responsible organisation | This is an organisation registered with the dbs to submit basic checks through a web service. a responsible organisation is responsible for confirming your identity, that information supplied in t... |
| crown court | This is one of the two types of criminal courts. it is the higher of the two courts, above the magistrates` court. |
| magistrates` court | This is one of the two types of criminal courts. it is the lower of the two courts, below the crown court. |
| pace codes of practice | This is practical guidance about how the police should use their powers and follow the rules in police and criminal evidence act 1984 (pace 1984). |
| code of practice to the care act | This is published guidance that tells local authorities how they should meet their legal obligations under the care act and the regulations under it. local authorities must follow it, unless they ... |
| relevant person`s representative (rpr) | This is someone who can support you in all matters connected to a deprivation of liberty safeguards situation, like requesting a review of the deprivation of liberty and making an application to t... |
| dbs certificate | This is the document issued following an application to the dbs for a criminal records check. it will contain the personal information you have provided and the result of the checks undertaken. |
| certificate dispute form | This is the form you use if you are unhappy about the content of a dbs certificate. |
| office of the independent adjudicator (oia) | This is the independent organisation that reviews individual complaints by students against universities. you have to try to sort out your discrimination complaint using the complaints procedure o... |
| social services and wellbeing (wales) act 2014 | This is the law that governs social care in wales. it sets out the local authorities’ duties in relation to assessing people’s needs and their eligibility for care and support (child and adult soc... |
| police and criminal evidence act 1984 (pace 1984) | This is the law that sets out the rules that police must follow when you are arrested about how they treat you. |
| care act 2014 | This is the law which sets out the local authorities’ duties in relation to assessing people’s needs and their eligibility for care and support (adult social care), including carers who need suppo... |
| public sector equality duty | This is the legal duty which public authorities like councils, nhs hospitals and government departments have to follow. it means they have to consider how their policies and practices affect peopl... |
| responsible clinician (rc) | This is the mental health professional in charge of your care and treatment while you are sectioned under the mental health act. certain decisions, such as applying for someone who is sectioned to... |
| custody officer | This is the police officer who is in charge of running the police custody area. they are responsible for your care and welfare whilst in the station. d |
| barring report | This is the report written by the responsible clinician stopping the discharge of someone under section when an application has been made by the nearest relative. |
| duty solicitor | This is the solicitor or specialist legal adviser who will be available to give you advice at the time that you are taken to the police station. they are completely independent of the police and y... |
| appropriate healthcare practitioner | This is the term used for the medical professional who is called to the police station if you need medical assessment or treatment. |
| escorted leave | This is where you are allowed to leave the ward accompanied by a member or members of the hospital staff. your responsible clinician grants you permission to leave the ward under section 17 of the... |
| conditional discharge | This is where you are discharged from hospital but will have to follow some conditions, such as living at a particular place or meeting healthcare professionals. if you break these conditions, you... |
| absolute discharge | This is where you are discharged from hospital without any conditions you have to follow. it is different from a conditional discharge. |
| section 17 leave | This is where your responsible clinician gives you permission to leave the ward or the hospital for short periods. they may ask you to keep to certain conditions, such as returning within a certai... |
| public functions | This means an act or activity taken by a public authority which is not a service. a public authority carries out a public function when it performs its particular legal duties and powers. examples... |
| appropriate treatment or appropriate medical treatment | This means medical treatment for your mental health problem that is: suitable for you available takes into account the nature and degree of your mental health problem and your individual circumsta... |
| redact | This means removing the relevant information. it can be done by crossing through the relevant information with a black marker pen and then photocopying the document or by using a computerised prog... |
| guardianship order | This means that a guardian, usually the local authority, will be able to supervise you in the community and make you live at a particular place. h |
| immediate care or control | This means that you are vulnerable because of your mental health problem and you need a level of care or control that you are not receiving in the public place to keep you safe and healthy. |
| not kept under proper control | This means that you are vulnerable because of your mental health problem, and you need a level of care or control that you are not receiving at the time of the warrant to keep you safe and healthy... |
| recalled | This means that you can be returned to hospital. it applies to you if you`re on section 17 leave, on a community treatment order (cto) or have been conditionally discharged from hospital. if you`r... |
| mental health act code of practice | This tells health professionals how they should follow the mental health act. it is not law, so it cannot be enforced by going to court, but health professionals should follow it unless there is a... |
| section 136 | Under this section of the mental health act, a police officer can take you to a place of safety if you`re in a public area and it seems that you are suffering from a mental disorder and in need of... |
| voluntary patient | Voluntary patients, also known as `informal patients`, are people who are staying in a psychiatric hospital but are not detained under the mental health act. if you are a voluntary patient, you sh... |
| unspent convictions or cautions | When a person is convicted of a crime, that conviction is considered to be irrelevant after a set amount of time (the rehabilitation period), except in very limited circumstances. after the rehabi... |
| disability discrimination | When someone is treated worse because of their physical or mental health condition, this is known as `disability discrimination`. the equality act is the law that explains what a disability is, an... |
| supervised community treatment (sct) | You can be under supervised community treatment if you are put under a community treatment order (cto). for more information about what a cto is, how it affects you and how you can change or end i... |
