Article 2 Appointed day

(1)

The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1 April 2007—

(a)

sections 42(1), (2), (3), (6) and (7) and 43 (codes of practice); and

(b)

section 44 (ill-treatment or neglect).

(2)

The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1 April 2007 for purposes relating to the independent mental capacity advocate service^f1—

(a)

section 1 (principles);

(b)

section 2 (people who lack capacity);

(c)

section 3 (inability to make decisions);

(d)

section 4 (best interests); and

(e)

sections 42(4) and (5) (codes of practice).

(3)

The provisions of the Act listed in Article 2(2) also come into force on 1 April 2007 for the purposes of section 44 (ill-treatment or neglect).

(4)

Section 64 (interpretation) comes into force on 1 April 2007 for the purposes of —

(a)

Article 2(1);

(b)

Article 2(2); and

(c)

Article 2(3).

Annotations

f1: The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Commencement No.1) Order (2006/2814) (as amended by SI 2006/3473) brings sections 35 to 41 of the Act into force in England on 1 April 2007.