{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-60",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-60.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/60",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "60",
  "heading": "Part 2 not applicable where other authority for act",
  "text": "(1) Section 9 does not apply in relation to an act—\n(a) which gives effect to a relevant decision; or\n(b) which a person has a power (or duty) to do under any other statutory provision (including any provision of this Act).\n(2) In this section a “relevant decision” means a decision concerning the care, treatment or personal welfare of a person (“P”) which—\n(a) is made by the court on P's behalf under section 113(2)(a);\n(b) is made in accordance with this Act by an attorney under a lasting power of attorney granted by P and is within the scope of the attorney's authority;\n(c) is made in accordance with this Act by a deputy appointed for P by the court and is within the scope of the deputy's authority; or\n(d) where P is under 18, is a decision made by a parent or guardian of P which is effective under any rule of law.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 60(1)(2)(d) in operation at 2.12.2019 for specified purposes by S.R. 2019/163, art. 2(4), Sch. Pt. 4 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.R. 2019/190, art. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/60",
    "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."
}