http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/190/contents/madeThe Mental Capacity (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019enGovernment Printer for Northern Ireland2019-10-04MENTAL CAPACITYThis Order amends the Mental Capacity (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 by changing the commencement date of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 for the purposes of deprivation of liberty, offences and money and valuables to the 2nd December 2019. The commencement date for the purposes of research remains the 1st October 2019. The commencement date for the offence of unlawful detention is changed to 2nd December 2020.The Mental Capacity (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 20191Citation and interpretation2Amendments of the principal OrderStatutory Rules of Northern Ireland2019 No. 190 (C. 6)Mental CapacityThe Mental Capacity (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019Made27th September 2019

The Department of Health

2016 c.5 (NI), s. 1(5)

, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 307 of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

2016 c. 18 (NI)

, makes the following Order: