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2.—(1) These Regulations apply where the medical practitioner primarily responsible for the medical treatment of an adult has certified, in accordance with section 47(1) (authority of persons responsible for medical treatment) of the Act, that he is of the opinion that the adult is incapable in relation to a decision about a treatment specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
(2) The medical treatments set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations are specified, for the purposes of section 48(2) of the Act, as treatments to which section 47(2) of the Act (authority of persons responsible for medical treatment) shall not apply.
(3) The medical treatments so specified may be carried out only in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations and where they are designed to safeguard or promote the physical or mental health of the adult.
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