Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 No. 18

SCHEDULES

Prospective

SCHEDULE 10 N.I. Consequential amendments

County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (NI 3) N.I.

15—(1) Article 28 (appeals and applications to county courts) is amended as follows. N.I.

(2) In paragraph (3A) for “interim hospital order under the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986” substitute “ interim detention order under Part 10 of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 ”.

(3) In paragraph (3B)—

(a) for “an interim hospital order under the powers referred to in paragraph (3)” substitute “ an interim detention order under Part 10 of that Act ”;

(b) for “Article 45(6) of the said Order of 1986” substitute “ section 178(7) of that Act ”.

(4) In paragraph (4) at the end insert “ (and “sentence” includes a hospital direction under Part 10 of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016) ”.