{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-8/paragraph-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-8/paragraph-13.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/8/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Article 27 (duty of authority to give information to patients and nearest relatives) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (1) omit—\n(a) each “or subject to guardianship”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (b) “or guardianship”;\n(c) “or the commencement or renewal of the authority for his guardianship”.\n(3) In paragraph (2) omit—\n(a) each “or subject to guardianship”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (a)(i) “, 24”;\n(c) “or his reception into guardianship”.\n(4) In paragraph (4)—\n(a) omit “or subject to guardianship”;\n(b) for “the patient,” substitute “ the patient and ”;\n(c) omit the words from “and, in” to “guardian of the patient”.",
  "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/8/paragraph/13",
    "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."
}