S. 8 in operation at 1.10.2019 for specified purposes by S.R. 2019/163, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.R. 2019/190, art. 2)

S. 8 in operation at 2.12.2019 for specified purposes by S.R. 2019/163, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 3 (as amended by S.R. 2019/190, art. 2)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/8Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016An Act to make new provision relating to persons who lack capacity; to make provision about the powers of criminal courts in respect of persons with disorder; to disapply Part 2 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 in relation to persons aged 16 or over and make other amendments of that Order; to make provision in connection with the Convention on the International Protection of Adults signed at the Hague on 13th January 2000; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2022-07-25Expert Participation2022-04-01PART 1PRINCIPLESEstablishing what is in a person's best interests
8Compliance with section 2(1)

This section applies where a person other than the court (“the relevant person”)—

(a)

does an act for or on behalf of another person who is 16 or over and lacks capacity in relation to whether the act should be done; or

(b)

makes a decision for or on behalf of another person who is 16 or over and lacks capacity to make the decision.

(2)

The relevant person is to be taken to have sufficiently complied with the principle in section 2(2) (act or decision must be in best interests) if that person—

(a)

reasonably believes that the act or decision is in the other person's best interests; and

(b)

in determining whether the act or decision is in the other person's best interests, has complied with section 7.

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