{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-independent-mental-capacity-advocates-general-regulations-2006",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-independent-mental-capacity-advocates-general-regulations-2006.json",
  "id": "uksi/2006/1832",
  "title": "The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Independent Mental Capacity Advocates) (General) Regulations 2006",
  "short_title": "Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Independent Mental Capacity Advocates) (General) 2006",
  "long_title": "These Regulations define “NHS body” and “serious medical treatment” for the purposes of certain provisions the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (“the Act”) which deal with independent mental capacity advocates (“IMCAs”). The Regulations also contain provision as to who can be appointed to act as an IMCA and as to an IMCA’s functions when he has been instructed to represent a person in a particular case. The provisions about the IMCA’s appointment and functions apply where the IMCA is instructed under sections 37 to 39 of the Act or under regulations made by virtue of section 41 of the Act (see regulation 2(2)).",
  "citation": "S.I. 2006/1832",
  "type": "uksi",
  "year": "2006",
  "number": "1832",
  "version": "current",
  "date": "2006-07-07",
  "revised": false,
  "valid_from": null,
  "extent": null,
  "unapplied_effects": 10,
  "provisions": [
    {
      "path": "introduction",
      "kind": "introduction",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Introductory text",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-independent-mental-capacity-advocates-general-regulations-2006/introduction",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/1",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-independent-mental-capacity-advocates-general-regulations-2006/regulation-1",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/2",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": "Interpretation",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-independent-mental-capacity-advocates-general-regulations-2006/regulation-2",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/3",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "3",
      "heading": "Meaning of NHS Body",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-independent-mental-capacity-advocates-general-regulations-2006/regulation-3",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/4",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "4",
      "heading": "Meaning of serious medical treatment",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-independent-mental-capacity-advocates-general-regulations-2006/regulation-4",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/5",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "5",
      "heading": "Appointment of independent mental capacity advocates",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-independent-mental-capacity-advocates-general-regulations-2006/regulation-5",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/6",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "6",
      "heading": "Functions of an independent mental capacity advocate",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-independent-mental-capacity-advocates-general-regulations-2006/regulation-6",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/7",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "7",
      "heading": "Challenges to decisions affecting persons who lack capacity",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-independent-mental-capacity-advocates-general-regulations-2006/regulation-7",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "signature",
      "kind": "signature",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Signature",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-independent-mental-capacity-advocates-general-regulations-2006/signature",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "note",
      "kind": "note",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Explanatory note",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-independent-mental-capacity-advocates-general-regulations-2006/note",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    }
  ],
  "has_text": true,
  "pdfs": [
    {
      "title": "Printed copy",
      "main": true,
      "language": null,
      "date": "2008-12-10",
      "size": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-independent-mental-capacity-advocates-general-regulations-2006/pdf/uksi_20061832_en.pdf",
      "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1832/pdfs/uksi_20061832_en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "title": "Explanatory Memorandum",
      "main": false,
      "language": null,
      "date": "2008-12-11",
      "size": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-independent-mental-capacity-advocates-general-regulations-2006/pdf/uksiem_20061832_en.pdf",
      "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1832/pdfs/uksiem_20061832_en.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affected_provisions": "reg. 5(3)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/2376",
      "affecting_title": "The Mental Health and Mental Capacity (Advocacy) Amendment (England) Regulations 2009",
      "affecting_provisions": "reg. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affected_provisions": "reg. 3(2)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/235",
      "affecting_title": "The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013",
      "affecting_provisions": "Sch. 2 para. 99(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affected_provisions": "reg. 3(1)(a)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/235",
      "affecting_title": "The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013",
      "affecting_provisions": "Sch. 2 para. 99(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affected_provisions": "reg. 3(1)(ba)-(bc)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/235",
      "affecting_title": "The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013",
      "affecting_provisions": "Sch. 2 para. 99(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affected_provisions": "reg. 3(1)(c)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/235",
      "affecting_title": "The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013",
      "affecting_provisions": "Sch. 2 para. 99(a)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affected_provisions": "reg. 3(2)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/235",
      "affecting_title": "The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013",
      "affecting_provisions": "Sch. 2 para. 99(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affected_provisions": "Regulations",
      "affecting": "uksi/2022/634",
      "affecting_title": "The Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential and Related Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022",
      "affecting_provisions": "Sch. para. 1(1)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affected_provisions": "reg. 3(2)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2022/634",
      "affecting_title": "The Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential and Related Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022",
      "affecting_provisions": "reg. 30(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affected_provisions": "reg. 3(2)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2022/634",
      "affecting_title": "The Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential and Related Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022",
      "affecting_provisions": "reg. 30(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affected_provisions": "blanket amendment",
      "affecting": "uksi/2023/1071",
      "affecting_title": "The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023",
      "affecting_provisions": "Sch. para. 1"
    }
  ],
  "made_under": [
    {
      "id": "ukpga/2005/9",
      "title": "Mental Capacity Act 2005",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005",
      "provisions": [
        "section/35",
        "section/36",
        "section/37",
        "section/38",
        "section/64",
        "section/65"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "changes_made_to": 10,
  "changes_made_to_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-independent-mental-capacity-advocates-general-regulations-2006/changes.json",
  "changes_made_by": 0,
  "changes_made_by_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-independent-mental-capacity-advocates-general-regulations-2006/changes/by-it.json",
  "instruments_made_under": 0,
  "instruments_made_under_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-independent-mental-capacity-advocates-general-regulations-2006/instruments.json",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1832",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:26:09.473985+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."
}