LegalizeThe Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019
Made: 29th August 2019
Laid before Assembly: 30th August 2019
Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1.
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PART 1 — Citation, commencement and interpretation
Citation, commencement and interpretation
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PART 2 — Formal Assessment of Capacity and Nominated Person
Persons suitably qualified to make formal capacity assessments
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Witnesses and persons unable to sign
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PART 3 — Information, Authorisation and Extensions
CHAPTER 1 — Information
Information
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CHAPTER 2 — Trust panel authorisations
Persons who can make a Schedule 1 authorisation
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Form of application
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Medical report
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Care plan
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Information
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CHAPTER 3 — Short-term detentions in hospital for examination or examination followed by treatment
Responsible Medical Practitioner, alternative medical practitioner and medical practitioner
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Persons who can make a report
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Form of Schedule 2 reports and certificate
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Medical report
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Information
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CHAPTER 4 — Extension by report
Extension authorisation
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Meaning of responsible person
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Information when making an extension report
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CHAPTER 5 — Extension by trust panel authorisation
Schedule 3 application
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Form of application
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Medical report
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Care plan
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CHAPTER 6 — Forms and definitions
Forms
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Descriptions of medical practitioners
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Definitions for the purpose of Part 3
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PART 4 — Trust Panels
Panel membership
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Remuneration or allowances of auditor panel members
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Duty to record and retain information and records
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Assessment of the best interests
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Decisions of the panel
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Definition for the purpose of Part 4
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PART 5 — Transitional Arrangements When a Deprivation of Liberty is Proposed Before a Person is 16
Transitional arrangements
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PART 6 — Money and Valuables and Research
Money and valuables
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Research
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Definitions for the purpose of Part 6
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SCHEDULE — Statutory Forms
| Form | Title |
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| Form 1 | Statement of incapacity |
| Form 2 | Best interests determination statement |
| Form 3 | Consultation with nominated person |
| Form 5 | Application for trust panel authorisation |
| Form 6 | Medical report |
| Form 7 | Statement that the person lacks capacity whether an application should be made to the Review Tribunal |
| Form 8 | Short-term detention authorisation for examination or examination followed by treatment |
| Form 9 | Consultation with approved social worker |
| Form 10 | Short-term detention admission exception certificate |
| Form 11 | Short-term detention admission report |
| Form 12 | Short-term detention further admission report |
| Form 13 | Short-term detention further report |
| Form 14 | Extension authorisation (extension by report) |
| Form 15 | Responsible person statement |
| Form 16 | Application for trust panel extension authorisation |
| Form 17 | Notification of application for trust panel authorisation and trust panel extension authorisation |
| Form 18 | Notification of trust panel decision |
| Form 19 | Notification of short-term detention |
| Form 20 | Notification of an extension |
| Form 21 | Discharge from detention |
Signed
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 29th August 2019.
Mark Lee — A senior officer of the Department of Health.
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2016 c. 5, s. 1(5)
[^f00002]: 2016 c. 18 (NI)
[^f00003]: 1983 c. 54
[^f00004]: S.I. 2002/254
[^f00005]: S.I. 2002/253
[^f00006]: 1984 c. 24
[^f00007]: 2001 c. 3 (NI)
Medical report
Care plan
Information
Persons who can make a report
Form of Schedule 2 reports and certificate
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Medical report
Information
Meaning of responsible person
Information when making an extension report
Medical report
Care plan
Descriptions of medical practitioners
Definitions for the purpose of Part 3
Research
Definitions for the purpose of Part 6
Editorial notes
[^key-e193c2bf53d8c41a2440e2f3c57f6d02]: Regulations revoked (1.10.2019) by The Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) (Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/192), regs. 1, 2(a). The Regulations are revoked on the same date (1.10.2019) they came into operation.
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