{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/schedule-AA1/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/schedule-AA1/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/9",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Capacity Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005",
  "path": "schedule/AA1/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The responsible body may authorise arrangements—\n(a) under paragraph 18, if the conditions in that paragraph are met, or\n(b) under paragraph 19 if—\n(i) the arrangements are care home arrangements,\n(ii) the responsible body decides that authorisation should be determined under that paragraph instead of under paragraph 18, and\n(iii) the conditions in paragraph 19 are met.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. AA1 inserted (16.5.2019 but only for the purpose of enabling the exercise of any power to make regulations and otherwise prosp.) by Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 (c. 18), s. 6(3), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/schedule/AA1/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:24.228713+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."
}