LegalizeThe Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019
Made: 17th December 2019
Coming into operation: 8th January 2020
The Department of Health[^f00001], in exercise of the powers conferred by type=start slip=2020-02-01 time=1581335672624type=end slip=2020-02-01 time=1581335672624paragraph 7(1) and 7(1)(c) of Schedule 1, paragraph 4(1) and 4(1)(c) of Schedule 2 and paragraph 5(1) and 5(1)(c) of Schedule 3 to the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016[^f00002], makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
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- (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 and shall come into operation on 8th January 2020.
- (2) In these Regulations—
- “the principal Regulations” means the Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019[^f00003].
Amendments to the principal Regulations
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In the Schedule to the principal Regulations, for Form 6 there shall be substituted Form 6 in the Schedule.
SCHEDULE — Statutory Forms
| Form | Title |
|---|---|
| Form 6 | Medical report |
Signed
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 17th December 2019.
Mark Lee — A senior officer of the Department of Health
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations replace the Form 6 (medical report) in the Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 with a new Form 6.
The new Form 6 (medical report) inserts a new section (section 7) which is a division of the original section 6 to ensure information on the risks, and the proportionality of the risks, is adequately captured on the Form.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2016 c. 5 (NI), s1(5)
[^f00002]: 2016 c. 18 (NI)
[^f00003]: S.R. 2019 No. 199
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