{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-2/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-2/paragraph-18.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2016/18",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where a report is made under paragraph 2.\n(2) The authorisation granted by the making of the report authorises—\n(a) the detention (at any time when the authorisation is in force) of P in the hospital specified in the report for the purposes of examination, or of any treatment or care following examination;\n(b) any related detention which may occur while the authorisation is in force.\n(3) In sub-paragraph (2) “related detention” means—\n(a) any detention of P while P is being taken to the hospital specified in the report;\n(b) any detention of P while P is absent from the hospital, if the detention—\n(i) is in pursuance of a condition imposed in accordance with section 27 (permission for absence from hospital); and\n(ii) is for no longer than 7 days.\n(4) In sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) “detention” means detention in circumstances amounting to a deprivation of liberty.\n(5) Nothing in the authorisation or this paragraph affects the operation of this Part of this Act in relation to any detention of P in circumstances not amounting to a deprivation of liberty.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 18 in operation at 2.12.2019 for specified purposes by S.R. 2019/163, art. 2(4), Sch. Pt. 4 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.R. 2019/190, art. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/schedule/2/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:54.781348+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."
}