# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Paragraph 4

Status: prospective

(1) An assessment element is a requirement that, during a specified period (“the assessment period”), the supervised person must—
(a) attend at a specified place at a specified time or times, or
(b) make himself or herself available at a specified place at a specified time or times,
for assessment by or under the direction of a medical practitioner.
(2) The assessment period may be the whole or any part of the supervision period.
(3) Assessment under sub-paragraph (1) is to be assessment of such of the following as the medical practitioner considers appropriate at the time of the assessment—
(a) the supervised person's condition;
(b) either or both of the matters mentioned in paragraph 2(3)(a) and (b).
(4) In sub-paragraph (1) “specified” means specified in the order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/schedule/7/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-7/paragraph-4
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