# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Section 285: Family relationships etc

Status: prospective

(1) Nothing in this Act permits a decision on any of the following matters to be made on behalf of a person—
(a) consenting to marriage or a civil partnership;
(b) consenting to have sexual relations;
(c) consenting to a decree of divorce or judicial separation being granted on the basis of two years' separation;
(d) consenting to a dissolution order or separation order being made in relation to a civil partnership on the basis of two years' separation;
(e) agreeing for any purposes of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 to the making of an adoption order;
(f) discharging parental responsibilities in matters not relating to a child's property;
(g) giving a consent under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990;
(h) giving a consent under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008.
(2) In subsection (1)(e) “adoption order” means—
(a) an order under Article 12(1) of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987; or
(b) any other order referred to by the definition of “adoption order” in Article 2(2) of that Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/285 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-285
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