# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Paragraph 3


(1) Any application under this Schedule must be made by a person who—
(a) is of a prescribed description; and
(b) is unconnected with P (see section 304).
(2) Regulations under sub-paragraph (1)(a) may in particular prescribe, as a description of persons who may make an application under this Schedule—
(a) an approved social worker;
(b) a person of a prescribed description who is designated by the managing authority of a hospital or care home in which P is an in-patient or resident as a person who may make applications under this Schedule;
(c) a person of a prescribed description who is designated by an appropriate person (as defined by the regulations) as a person who may make applications under this Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/schedule/3/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-3/paragraph-3
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