{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-161",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-161.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": "section/161",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "161",
  "heading": "Relationship of Part 9 to other provisions",
  "text": "(1) A power that a constable has under any provision of this Part (a “place of safety power”) does not affect—\n(a) any authority that the constable has under Part 2 to do an act other than an act authorised by the place of safety power;\n(b) any authority to do any act that a person other than the constable has; or\n(c) any power that the constable has otherwise than under this Act.\n(2) If, while a person is detained in or being taken to a place of safety under any provision of this Part, the person is arrested for an offence—\n(a) the relevant provisions of PACE apply; and\n(b) the person ceases to be liable to be detained under this Part or taken to a place of safety under this Part.\n(3) Nothing in subsection (2)(b) affects the application of this Part on any subsequent occasion on which the person is found in a public place.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/161",
    "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."
}