{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-8/paragraph-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-8/paragraph-48.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/48",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Article 83 (procedure of Tribunal) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (2)(a) and (i) omit “under this Order”.\n(3) In paragraph (4)—\n(a) for “restricted patients” substitute “ persons within paragraph (4A) ”;\n(b) for “restricted patient” substitute “ person within paragraph (4A) ”.\n(4) After that paragraph insert—\n“(4A) A person is within this paragraph if any of the following is in force in respect of the person—\n(a) a public protection order with restrictions (within the meaning of Part 10 of the 2016 Act);\n(b) a hospital direction (within the meaning of that Part of that Act);\n(c) a direction under section 211 of that Act.”.\n(5) In paragraph (5)—\n(a) omit “by this Order or by rules under this Article”;\n(b) at the end insert “ (but this is subject to any rules under this Article) ”.\n(6) After paragraph (8) insert—\n“(9) Any reference in this Article to a patient includes a person by or in respect of whom an application or reference to the Review Tribunal is made under the 2016 Act or any other statutory provision.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 48(1)(2)(5)(6) in operation at 2.12.2019 by S.R. 2019/163, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.R. 2019/190, art. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/schedule/8/paragraph/48",
    "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."
}