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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-7/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-7/paragraph-1.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/7/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In this Part a “supervision and assessment order” is an order made in respect of a person (“the supervised person”) containing—\n(a) a supervision element (see paragraph 3), and\n(b) an assessment element (see paragraph 4).\n(2) A supervision and assessment order may also include a residence element (see paragraph 5).\n(3) In this Schedule, references to the commission of offences by a person include the commission of offences in the circumstances described in section 206 (finding that person not guilty on the ground of insanity).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/schedule/7/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}