The Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019

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45.—(1) For the purposes of section 61(1) of the Act Part 2 of the Act applies to a person who is within one month of reaching the age of 16 as it would to a person who is over 16 if a deprivation of liberty is proposed to be done in respect of a person after that person has reached the age of 16.

(2) A report under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act (report authorising detention in hospital for examination etc.) cannot be made before the person has reached the age of 16.