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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-services-and-premises-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/557",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
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  "path": "regulation/8",
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  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Mental incapacity",
  "text": "Section 20(4)(b) of the Act (treatment justified where disabled person is incapable of entering into an enforceable agreement or giving informed consent) shall not apply where a disabled person is acting through another person by virtue of—\n(a) a power of attorney; or\n(b) functions conferred by or under Part VIII of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/557/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:32:10.219921+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}