# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Section 277: Contravention of regulations under section 276(2)

Status: prospective

(1) Regulations under section 276(2) may provide that a contravention of any prescribed provision of the regulations is an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under the regulations is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(3) Proceedings in respect of an offence under the regulations may be brought only—
(a) by RQIA; or
(b) by, or with the consent of, the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.
(4) Proceedings for an offence under the regulations may be brought within a period of 6 months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecution to warrant the proceedings came to its knowledge; but no proceedings may be brought by virtue of this subsection more than 3 years after the commission of the offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/277 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-277
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