# Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act to amend the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in relation to procedures in accordance with which a person may be deprived of liberty where the person lacks capacity to consent; and for connected purposes.
[16th May 2019]
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/18/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-amendment-act-2019/introduction
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