Citation and interpretationI11
1
This Order may be cited as the Mental Capacity (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019.
2
In this Order—
“the 1986 Order” means the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;
“the Act” means the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016;
“an act” is an act that requires the protection of liability in accordance with section 9 of the Act;
“deprivation of liberty” has the same meaning as in the Act subject to the conditions in Article 3;
“offences” means the offences found in sections 267 to 270 and 272 to 273 of the Act; and
“research” means research under sections 132 to 138 of the Act.