Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2019 No. 232

Mental Capacity

The Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019

Made

17th December 2019

Coming into operation

8th January 2020

The Department of Health(1), in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 7(1) and 7(1)(c) of Schedule 1, paragraph 4(1) and 4(1)(c) of Schedule 2 and paragraph 5(1) and 5(1)(c) of Schedule 3 to the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016(2), makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 and shall come into operation on 8th January 2020.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the principal Regulations” means the Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019(3).

Amendments to the principal Regulations

2.  In the Schedule to the principal Regulations, for Form 6 there shall be substituted Form 6 in the Schedule.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 17th December 2019.

(L.S.)

Mark Lee

A senior officer of the Department of Health

Regulation 2

SCHEDULEStatutory Forms

Index of Forms

FormTitle
Form 6Medical report

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations replace the Form 6 (medical report) in the Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 with a new Form 6.

The new Form 6 (medical report) inserts a new section (section 7) which is a division of the original section 6 to ensure information on the risks, and the proportionality of the risks, is adequately captured on the Form.