Legal group of patient, an aggregation of legal status of a patient on psychiatric census date, leglstat. This field contains a code that allocates the legal status of a patient to one of eight groups.

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0 = Legal status on psychiatric census date is not formally detained, leglstat =01 or spaces

1 = Legal status on psychiatric census date, leglstat = 02-06 or space2-space6: Formally detained under Part II (Section 2-34) of the Mental Health Act 1983

2 = Legal status on admission, leglcat = 07-18, 30-32, 34 or space7-space9: Formally detained under Part III (Section 35-55) of the Mental Health Act 1983, or previous legislation

3 = Legal status on admission, leglcat = 19-20: Formally detained under Part X (Sections 131-149) of the Mental Health Act 1983

4 = Legal status on admission, leglcat = 33: Supervised discharge under the Mental Health Act 1995

5 = Legal status on admission, leglcat = 35, 36: Guardianship (Sections 7 & 37) under the Mental Health Act 1983

8 = Not applicable ie home births/deliveries, where epitype = 5/6

10 = Not known: any other value for leglstat.