{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/section-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/section-40.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/9",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Capacity Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005",
  "path": "section/40",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Exceptions",
  "text": "(1) The duty imposed by section 37(3), 38(3) or (4) , 39(4) or (5), 39A(3), 39C(3) or 39D(2) does not apply where there is—\n(a) a person nominated by P (in whatever manner) as a person to be consulted on matters to which that duty relates,\n(b) a donee of a lasting power of attorney created by P who is authorised to make decisions in relation to those matters, or\n(c) a deputy appointed by the court for P with power to make decisions in relation to those matters.\n(2) A person appointed under Part 10 of Schedule A1 to be P's representative is not, by virtue of that appointment, a person nominated by P as a person to be consulted in matters to which a duty mentioned in subsection (1) relates.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 40 substituted (1.10.2007) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 49, 56; S.I. 2007/2798, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 40 renumbered as s. 40(1) (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 50, 56, Sch. 9 para. 7(2); S.I. 2009/139, art. 2(e) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 40(1) substituted (1.4.2009) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 50, 56, Sch. 9 para. 7(3); S.I. 2009/139, art. 2(e) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 40(2) inserted (1.4.2009) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 50, 56, Sch. 9 para. 7(4); S.I. 2009/139, art. 2(e) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 40 wholly in force at 1.10.2007; s. 40 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 68(1)-(3); s. 40 in force for E. at 1.11.2006 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.2007 by S.I. 2006/2814, art. 5; s. 40 in force at 1.10.2007 for W. by S.I. 2007/856, art. 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2019/18",
      "affecting_title": "Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2019/18",
      "affecting_title": "Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/section/40",
    "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."
}