http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/181Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016An Act to make new provision relating to persons who lack capacity; to make provision about the powers of criminal courts in respect of persons with disorder; to disapply Part 2 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 in relation to persons aged 16 or over and make other amendments of that Order; to make provision in connection with the Convention on the International Protection of Adults signed at the Hague on 13th January 2000; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2022-07-25Expert Participation2022-04-01 Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016s. 285(2)(a)-(c)Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022Sch. 3 para. 77(b)s. 160(1) PART 10 CHAPTER 31811This section applies where—aa person is liable to be detained under a public protection order without restrictions; andbthe initial period of the order has not ended.2The period of the order may be extended for a period of 6 months, beginning immediately after the end of the initial period, by the making of an extension report (see section 183).3In this Chapter “the initial period” of a public protection order without restrictions means the period of 6 months beginning with the date of the order.4In this Part “the period” of a public protection order without restrictions means the period for which the person to whom the order relates is liable to be detained under the order.