SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 9Amendments relating to new section 4A of, & Schedule A1 to, Mental Capacity Act 2005
Part 1Other amendments to Mental Capacity Act 2005
10Section 64: Interpretation
1
Section 64 is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1), insert at the appropriate place—
“authorisation under Schedule A1” means either—
a
a standard authorisation under that Schedule, or
b
an urgent authorisation under that Schedule.
3
In subsection (1), in the definition of “local authority” after ““local authority”” insert “, except in Schedule A1,”.
4
After subsection (4) insert—
5
In this Act, references to deprivation of a person’s liberty have the same meaning as in Article 5(1) of the Human Rights Convention.
6
For the purposes of such references, it does not matter whether a person is deprived of his liberty by a public authority or not.