Citation and interpretationN.I.
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Mental Capacity (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019.
(2) In this Order—
“the 1986 Order” means the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;
“the Act” means the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016;
“an act” is an act that requires the protection of liability in accordance with section 9 of the Act;
“deprivation of liberty” has the same meaning as in the Act subject to the conditions in Article 3;
“offences” means the offences found in sections 267 to 270 and 272 to 273 of the Act; and
“research” means research under sections 132 to 138 of the Act.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 1 in operation at 29.8.2019