Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

Treatment: what is covered by authorisation

21.—(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where an authorisation under this Schedule authorises the provision to P of treatment specified by the authorisation.

(2) As well as authorising the provision of that treatment to P, the authorisation authorises the provision to P of—

(a) any part of the treatment concerned;

(b) the treatment concerned, or any part of it, with such modifications as the medical practitioner in charge of P’s treatment may reasonably consider to be in P’s best interests.

(3) Sub-paragraph (4) applies where an authorisation under this Schedule authorises the imposition on P of a requirement to attend at a particular place at particular times or intervals for the purpose of being given treatment specified by the authorisation.

(4) As well as authorising the imposition of such a requirement, the authorisation authorises the imposition on P of a requirement to attend at a particular place at particular times or intervals for the purpose of being given treatment mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(a) or (b).

(5) Any reference in this Part of this Act to treatment “specified by” an authorisation is to be read as including treatment mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(a) or (b).