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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Mental Capacity
Made
17th December 2019
Coming into operation
8th January 2020
1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 and shall come into operation on 8th January 2020.
(2) In these Regulations-
"the principal Regulations" means the Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019(3).
2. In the Schedule to the principal Regulations, for Form 6 there shall be substituted Form 6 in the Schedule.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 17th December 2019.
(L.S.)
Mark Lee
A senior officer of the Department of Health
Regulation 2
Form | Title |
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Form 6 | Medical report |
(This note is not part of the Order)
These Regulations replace the Form 6 (medical report) in the Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 with a new Form 6.
The new Form 6 (medical report) inserts a new section (section 7) which is a division of the original section 6 to ensure information on the risks, and the proportionality of the risks, is adequately captured on the Form.