# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Section 64: Acts that are “part of” serious interventions


(1) This section applies where, for any purpose of this Part, a question arises whether a particular act is part of an intervention which is a serious intervention.
(2) Where an act is done which—
(a) is a use of force or a threat to use force, and
(b) is done with the intention of securing the doing of another act in connection with the care, treatment or personal welfare of a person which that person resists,
the act mentioned in paragraph (a) is to be taken to be part of the same intervention as the act mentioned in paragraph (b).
(3) Nothing in this section limits the acts that are to be regarded as part of a particular intervention.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/64 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-64
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