Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

Prospective

DeclarationsN.I.

The court's power to make declarationsN.I.

112—(1) The court may make declarations in relation to a person who is 16 or over as to—

(a)whether the person has or lacks capacity to make a decision specified in the declaration;

(b)whether the person has or lacks capacity to make decisions on a matter described in the declaration;

(c)the lawfulness or otherwise of any act done, or yet to be done, in relation to the person.

(2) In this section “act” includes an omission and a course of conduct.