Formal assessment of capacity
13.—(1) This section applies where—
(a)section 9(1)(a) and (b) apply; and
(b)the act mentioned there is, or is part of, a serious intervention (see section 63).
(2) Where this section applies—
(a)the condition in section 9(1)(c) is to be regarded as met only if, before the act is done, a formal capacity assessment is carried out; and
(b)a belief by D, at the time the act is done, that P lacks capacity in relation to the matter in question is not to be regarded as a reasonable belief if no statement of incapacity has been made.
(3) The formal capacity assessment must have been carried out, and the statement of incapacity made, recently enough before the act is done for it to be reasonable in all the circumstances to rely on them.
(4) This section does not apply where the situation is an emergency (see section 65).
(5) See section 14 for the meaning of “formal capacity assessment” and “statement of incapacity”.