{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-293",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-293.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/293",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "293",
  "heading": "Warrants: persons liable to be detained under 1983 Act or 2005 Order",
  "text": "(1) This section applies if it appears to a lay magistrate, on complaint on oath made by an authorised person—\n(a) that there is reasonable cause to believe that a person who may be taken into custody by virtue of a provision mentioned in subsection (3)(a) or (b) (a “relevant person”) is to be found on any premises, and\n(b) that admission to the premises has been refused or that a refusal of such admission is apprehended.\n(2) The lay magistrate may issue a warrant authorising any constable accompanied by a medical practitioner to enter the premises, if need be by force, and remove the relevant person.\n(3) In this section “authorised person” means a person authorised by or under—\n(a) section 88 of the Mental Health Act 1983, or\n(b) article 8 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005,\nto take any relevant person into custody in Northern Ireland.",
  "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/293",
    "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."
}