# Mental Capacity Act 2005, Paragraph 55


In “medical treatment for mental disorder”—
(a) “medical treatment” has the same meaning as in the Mental Health Act (see section 145(1) and (4)), but
(b) in the case of a person with learning disability, the medical treatment is not to be considered by reason of that disability to be for mental disorder unless the disability is associated with abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct by that person.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/schedule/AA1/paragraph/55 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/schedule-AA1/paragraph-55
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