# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Paragraph 59

Status: prospective

(1) Article 120 (unlawful detention of patients) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1) after the second “person” insert “ under 16 ”;
(3) In paragraph (2) after “patient” insert “ under the age of 16 ”.
(4) After paragraph (3) insert—
“(4) Nothing in this Article applies in relation to a person detained by virtue of the 2016 Act””

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/schedule/8/paragraph/59 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-8/paragraph-59
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