The Mental Capacity (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019

Transitional provisions

4.  Until the coming into operation of section 265 of the Act, the duty on hospital managers which appears at Article 3D “In-patients under 16: duties of hospital managers”, which is to be inserted into the Mental Health (NI) Order 1986 by section 266 of and Schedule 8 paragraph 4 to the Act shall apply to in-patients under 18 and the heading at Article 3D shall instead be construed as “In-patients under 18 – duties of hospital managers”.