{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-2016-act-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-2019/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-2016-act-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-2019/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2019/163",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Capacity (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-2016-act-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-2019",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed days for provisions coming into operation",
  "text": "(1) The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Act specified in Part 1 of the Schedule, in so far as it relates to an act that is research, is 1st October 2019.\n(2) The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Act specified in Part 2 of the Schedule for all purposes is 2nd December 2019.\n(3) The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Act specified in Part 3 of the Schedule, in so far as it relates to an act that is a deprivation of liberty, offences or section 276 (power to make regulations about dealing with money and valuables), is 2nd December 2019.\n(4) The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Act specified in Part 4 of the Schedule, in so far as it relates to an act that is a deprivation of liberty, is 2nd December 2019.\n(5) The day appointed for coming into operation of the provisions of the Act specified in Part 5 of the Schedule, in so far as it relates to an act that is a deprivation of liberty, is 31st May 2021.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 2 substituted (27.9.2019) by The Mental Capacity (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/190), art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 2(5) substituted (10.11.2020) by The Mental Capacity (2016 Act) (Commencement No.1) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/246), art. 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/163/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:45:58.561118+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."
}