Point in time view as at 02/12/2019.
Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Paragraph 7 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 05 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
7—(1) The medical report must be in the prescribed form and must—N.I.
(a)be made by a medical practitioner who is unconnected with P and is permitted by regulations under section 300 to make the report;
(b)include the required statement; and
(c)include any prescribed information.
(2) The “required statement” is a statement by the person making the medical report that—
(a)in that person's opinion, the criteria for authorisation are met in relation to the measure for which the application requests authorisation; or
(b)if the application requests authorisation for more than one measure, in that person's opinion the criteria for authorisation are met in relation to each such measure.
(3) The criteria for authorisation are set out in Part 3 of this Schedule.
(4) The maker of the medical report must have examined P not more than two days before the date when the report is made.
(5) See also sections 54 and 55 (involvement of nominated person and independent mental capacity advocate).
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 7 in operation at 2.12.2019 for specified purposes by S.R. 2019/163, art. 2(4), Sch. Pt. 4 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.R. 2019/190, art. 2)
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