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Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Paragraph 26 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 16 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.
Prospective
26—(1) This paragraph applies where a public authority proposes to place an adult in an establishment in a Convention country other than Northern Ireland.N.I.
(2) The public authority must consult an appropriate authority in that other country about the proposed placement and, for that purpose, must send it—
(a)a report on the adult; and
(b)a statement of its reasons for the proposed placement.
(3) If the appropriate authority in the other country opposes the proposed placement within a reasonable time, the public authority may not proceed with it.
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