http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/203Mental 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 52031Where a person is liable to be detained in a hospital under a hospital direction, the managing authority of the hospital may, with the consent of the Department of Justice, arrange for the transfer of the person from that hospital to another hospital in which treatment appropriate to the person's case is available for the person.2Where a person is transferred under this section—athe managing authority of the hospital to which the person is transferred must admit the person and detain him or her in accordance with this Chapter; andbthe managing authority of the hospital from which the person was transferred ceases to be under a duty to detain the person.3Before a managing authority arranges for the transfer of a person (“A”) under this section, it must if practicable inform—aif A is 16 or over, any person who is A's nominated person;bif A is under 16, a person with parental responsibility for A.4Where a person is transferred under this section, the managing authority which arranged the transfer must immediately notify RQIA of the transfer.5The power of a managing authority under this section to arrange for the transfer of a person from one hospital to another is subject to any prescribed conditions.