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DEFINITION OF AN ALCOHOLIC OR DRUG-DEPENDENT PERSON

(forms Appendix 4 to the Application for general registration form)

Section 3 of the Alcoholics and Drug Dependent Persons Act 1968 states as follows:

Definitions

(1)    In this Act unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter--

  "alcoholic" means a person who habitually uses intoxicating liquor to such an extent that he has lost the power of self-control with respect to the use of intoxicating liquor or to such an extent as to endanger the health safety or welfare of himself or other persons;

"drug of addiction" means any drug of dependence within the meaning of the Drugs Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981;

"drug-dependent person" means a person who habitually uses drugs of addiction to such an extent that he has lost the power of self-control with respect to the use of drugs of addiction.