# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Paragraph 23


(1) Where—
(a) an authorisation under this Schedule authorises the detention of P in circumstances amounting to a deprivation of liberty, and
(b) P is discharged from detention,
the authorisation ceases to authorise any detention of P.
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph P is “discharged from detention” if a person with authority to discharge P from detention informs P in writing that he or she is discharged from detention.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/schedule/1/paragraph/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-23
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