Article 1 Citation and interpretationI1

This Order may be cited as the Mental Capacity (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019.

In this Order—

• “the 1986 Order” means the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;

• “the Act” means the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016;

• “an act” is an act that requires the protection of liability in accordance with section 9 of the Act;

• “deprivation of liberty” has the same meaning as in the Act subject to the conditions in Article 3;

• “offences” means the offences found in sections 267 to 270 and 272 to 273 of the Act; and

• “research” means research under sections 132 to 138 of the Act.