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Mental Health And Mental Capacity

Made 17th October 2019

Coming into operation 2nd December 2019

The Department of Justice makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 83(1) and (4) of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986f1 and now vested in the Department of Justicef2 after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice.

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f1

S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4), as amended by section 15(2) of and paragraphs 74, 75 and 76 of Schedule 5 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.5); S.I. 2010/976; S.R. 2011/44; and section 266 of and Schedule 8 to the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c.18).

f2

S.I. 2010/976, Article 15 and paragraph 39 of Schedule 17.