{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-181",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-181.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/181",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "181",
  "heading": "First extension of period of order",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where—\n(a) a person is liable to be detained under a public protection order without restrictions; and\n(b) the initial period of the order has not ended.\n(2) The period of the order may be extended for a period of 6 months, beginning immediately after the end of the initial period, by the making of an extension report (see section 183).\n(3) In this Chapter “the initial period” of a public protection order without restrictions means the period of 6 months beginning with the date of the order.\n(4) In this Part “the period” of a public protection order without restrictions means the period for which the person to whom the order relates is liable to be detained under the order.",
  "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/181",
    "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."
}