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1

The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1 April 2007—

a

sections 42(1), (2), (3), (6) and (7) and 43 (codes of practice); and

b

section 44 (ill-treatment or neglect).

2

The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1 April 2007 for purposes relating to the independent mental capacity advocate service2—

a

section 1 (principles);

b

section 2 (people who lack capacity);

c

section 3 (inability to make decisions);

d

section 4 (best interests); and

e

sections 42(4) and (5) (codes of practice).

3

The provisions of the Act listed in Article 2(2) also come into force on 1 April 2007 for the purposes of section 44 (ill-treatment or neglect).

4

Section 64 (interpretation) comes into force on 1 April 2007 for the purposes of —

a

Article 2(1);

b

Article 2(2); and

c

Article 2(3).