# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Section 176: Effect of hospital directions

Status: prospective

Where a court gives a hospital direction in respect of a person—
(a) a constable or any other person directed to do so by the court must take the person to the hospital specified in the direction;
(b) the managing authority of that hospital must—
(i) admit the person; and
(ii) detain him or her in accordance with Chapter 5; and
(c) any question whether the person may be given any treatment while detained in a hospital in pursuance of the direction is (subject to section 243) to be determined in the same way as if the person were not so detained.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/176 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-176
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