# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Paragraph 24

Status: prospective

(1) This paragraph applies where—
(a) provision giving effect to, or otherwise deriving from, the Convention in a country other than Northern Ireland applies in relation to a person who is under 16; and
(b) a measure is taken in relation to that person in reliance on that provision.
(2) This Part applies in relation to that measure as it applies in relation to a protective measure taken in relation to an adult under the law of a Convention country other than Northern Ireland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/schedule/9/paragraph/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-9/paragraph-24
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