Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 No. 18

Valid from 02/12/2019

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 N.I. Authorisation by panel of certain serious interventions

Part 5 N.I. Matters covered by authorisation etc

Effect of discharge from detention N.I.

23—(1) Where— N.I.

(a) an authorisation under this Schedule authorises the detention of P in circumstances amounting to a deprivation of liberty, and

(b) P is discharged from detention,

the authorisation ceases to authorise any detention of P.

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph P is “discharged from detention” if a person with authority to discharge P from detention informs P in writing that he or she is discharged from detention.