# Mental Capacity Act 2005, Paragraph 187


Where this Schedule imposes on a person a duty towards an interested person, the duty does not apply if the person on whom the duty is imposed—
(a) is not aware of the interested person's identity or of a way of contacting him, and
(b) cannot reasonably ascertain it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/schedule/A1/paragraph/187 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/schedule-A1/paragraph-187
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