{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-69",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-69.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/69",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "69",
  "heading": "Nominated person",
  "text": "(1) A person is the nominated person, within the meaning of this Act, of another person (“P”) if—\n(a) the person is currently appointed as P's nominated person under section 70 or 81; or\n(b) where no-one is so appointed, the person is the default nominated person for P under sections 73 to 76.\n(2) For the purposes of this Part a person is “currently” appointed under section 70 or 81 if—\n(a) the person has been appointed under that section; and\n(b) the appointment has not been revoked under any provision of this Part and the person has not resigned under any such provision.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 69 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/69",
    "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."
}