# Mental Capacity Act 2005, Paragraph 162


(1) Regulations may make provision for, and in connection with, requiring one or more prescribed bodies to monitor, and report on, the operation of this Schedule in relation to England.
(2) The regulations may, in particular, give a prescribed body authority to do one or more of the following things—
(a) to visit hospitals and care homes;
(b) to visit and interview persons accommodated in hospitals and care homes;
(c) to require the production of, and to inspect, records relating to the care or treatment of persons.
(3) “Prescribed” means prescribed in regulations under this paragraph.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/schedule/A1/paragraph/162 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/schedule-A1/paragraph-162
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