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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-5",
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  "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/6/paragraph/5",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The medical report must be in the prescribed form and must—\n(a) be made by a medical practitioner who is unconnected with the person concerned and is permitted by regulations under section 300 to make the report;\n(b) include a statement by the person making the medical report that, in that person's opinion, the criteria for continuation are met; and\n(c) include any prescribed information.\n(2) The maker of the medical report must have examined the person concerned not more than two days before the date when the report is made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/schedule/6/paragraph/5",
    "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."
}