# Mental Capacity Act 2005, Section 17: Section 16 powers: personal welfare


(1) The powers under section 16 as respects P's personal welfare extend in particular to—
(a) deciding where P is to live;
(b) deciding what contact, if any, P is to have with any specified persons;
(c) making an order prohibiting a named person from having contact with P;
(d) giving or refusing consent to the carrying out or continuation of a treatment by a person providing health care for P;
(e) giving a direction that a person responsible for P's health care allow a different person to take over that responsibility.
(2) Subsection (1) is subject to section 20 (restrictions on deputies).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/section/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/section-17
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