Mental Distress in UK Law
-
Serious Crime Act 2015
... ... issued on an application under paragraph 7(1) is suffering from mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1983 ... (5) The ... (b) it causes B serious alarm or distress which has a substantial adverse effect on B's usual day-to-day activities ... ...
-
Domestic Abuse Act 2021
... ... private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress; to provide for an offence of strangulation or suffocation; to make ... (however recorded) which—(a) relates to—(i) the physical or mental health or condition of an individual,(ii) the diagnosis of an individual's ... ...
-
Modern Slavery Act 2015
... ... person being a child, the person's family relationships, and any mental or physical illness) which may make the person more vulnerable than other ... 17(4) (witnesses eligible for assistance on grounds of fear or distress about testifying) for “section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration ... ...
- The Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013
-
Mental Health Act 1983
... ... high security psychiatric services are provided and the managers of the hospital consider that the postal packet is likely—(i) to cause distress to the person to whom it is addressed or to any other person (not being a person on the staff of the hospital) ; or(ii) to cause danger to any ... ...
-
Administration of Justice Act 1964
... ... of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, or under section 67 of the Mental Health Act 1959; ... “existing”, in relation to any authority or ... ...
-
Sexual Offences Act 2003
... ... 15 para. 4 ... Offences against persons with a mental disorder impeding choice ... 30: Sexual activity with a person with a ... (b) he intends that someone will see them and be caused alarm or distress ... (2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—(a) ... ...
- Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001
-
Mental Health Act 1959
... ... the receipt of the packet would be calculated to interfere with ... the treatment of the patient or to cause him unnecessary distress; ... and any packet so withheld shall, if the name and address of ... the sender are sufficiently identified therein, be returned to him ... (2) ... ...
-
Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004
... ... be diminished by reason of— ... (i) mental disorder (within the meaning of section 328 of the ... Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13)), or ... (ii) fear or distress in connection with giving evidence at the ... (2) In determining whether ... ...
See all results