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Timestamp: 2019-02-18 19:33:35
Document Index: 90415297

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 1', 'art 2', 'art 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 1', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3']

Mental Capacity Act 2005, 2005 c. 9, Version 27/04/2017
2005 CHAPTER 9
Part 1 (E+W). Persons who lack capacity
The principles (E+W)
Lasting powers of attorney (E+W)
General powers of the court and appointment of deputies (E+W)
Powers of the court in relation to Schedule A1 (E+W)
Powers of the court in relation to lasting powers of attorney (E+W)
Advance decisions to refuse treatment (E+W)
Excluded decisions (E+W)
Research (E+W)
Independent mental capacity advocate service (E+W)
Miscellaneous and supplementary (E+W)
Part 2 (E+W). The Court of Protection and the Public Guardian
The Court of Protection (E+W)
Supplementary powers (E+W)
Practice and procedure (E+W)
Fees and costs (E+W)
The Public Guardian (E+W)
Court of Protection Visitors (E+W)
Part 3 (E+W). Miscellaneous and general
Declaratory provision (E+W)
Private international law (E+W)
Version 23/07/2010
Version 01/07/2007
An Act to make new provision relating to persons who lack capacity; to establish a superior court of record called the Court of Protection in place of the office of the Supreme Court called by that name; to make provision in connection with the Convention on the International Protection of Adults signed at the Hague on 13th January 2000; and for connected purposes.
C1 Act applied (E.W.) (1.4.2015 for specified purposes) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 80(2), 127(1); S.I. 2015/993, art. 2(u) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/995
Persons who lack capacity
1 The principles (E+W)
I1 S. 1 wholly in force at 1.10.2007; s. 1 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 68(1)-(3); s. 1 in force for certain purposes at 1.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/563, arts. 1(2)(3), 2(2)(a)(3) and s. 1 in force otherwise at 1.10.2007 by S.I. 2007/1897, art. 2(2)(a)
2 People who lack capacity (E+W)
C2 S. 2 applied (1.4.2015) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2936), regs. 1(5), 8(3)
I2 S. 2 wholly in force at 1.10.2007; s. 2 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 68(1)-(3); s. 2 in force for certain purposes at 1.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/563, arts. 1(2)(3), 2(2)(b)(3) and s. 2 in force otherwise at 1.10.2007 by S.I. 2007/1897, art. 2(2)(b)
3 Inability to make decisions (E+W)
C3 S. 3 applied (1.4.2015) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2936), regs. 1(5), 8(3)
I3 S. 3 wholly in force at 1.10.2007; s. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 68(1)-(3); s. 3 in force for certain purposes at 1.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/563, arts. 1(2)(3), 2(2)(c)(3) and s. 3 in force otherwise at 1.10.2007 by S.I. 2007/1897, art. 2(2)(c)
4 Best interests (E+W)
(a) the person's past and present wishes and feelings (and, in particular, any relevant written statement made by him when he had capacity) ,
(9) In the case of an act done, or a decision made, by a person other than the court, there is sufficient compliance with this section if (having complied with the requirements of subsections (1) to (7) ) he reasonably believes that what he does or decides is in the best interests of the person concerned.
(10) “Life-sustaining treatment” means treatment which in the view of a person providing health care for the person concerned is necessary to sustain life.
(11) “Relevant circumstances” are those—
C4 S. 4 applied by SI 2010/781 reg. 18 (as substituted (18.6.2012) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1513), regs. 1(2)(a), 5)
C5 S. 4(1)-(7) applied (E.) (1.6.2010) by The National Health Service (Direct Payments) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1000), art. 1(3)
I4 S. 4 wholly in force at 1.10.2007; s. 4 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 68(1)-(3); s. 4 in force for certain purposes at 1.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/563, arts. 1(2)(3), 2(2)(d)(3) and s. 4 in force otherwise at 1.10.2007 by S.I. 2007/1897, art. 2(2)(d)
[F1 4A Restriction on deprivation of liberty (E+W)
(2) But that is subject to—
(3) D may deprive P of his liberty if, by doing so, D is giving effect to a relevant decision of the court.
(4) A relevant decision of the court is a decision made by an order under section 16(2) (a) in relation to a matter concerning P's personal welfare.
F1 Ss. 4A, 4B inserted (1.4.2009) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 50(2), 56; S.I. 2009/139, art. 2(b) (with art. 3)
4B Deprivation of liberty necessary for life-sustaining treatment etc (E+W)
(1) If the following conditions are met, D is authorised to deprive P of his liberty while a decision as respects any relevant issue is sought from the court.
(2) The first condition is that there is a question about whether D is authorised to deprive P of his liberty under section 4A.
(3) The second condition is that the deprivation of liberty—
(a) is wholly or partly for the purpose of—
(i) giving P life-sustaining treatment, or
(ii) doing any vital act, or
(b) consists wholly or partly of—
(ii) doing any vital act.
(4) The third condition is that the deprivation of liberty is necessary in order to—
(a) give the life-sustaining treatment, or
(b) do the vital act.
(5) A vital act is any act which the person doing it reasonably believes to be necessary to prevent a serious deterioration in P's condition.]
5 Acts in connection with care or treatment (E+W)
(1) If a person (“D”) does an act in connection with the care or treatment of another person (“P”) , the act is one to which this section applies if—
(a) before doing the act, D takes reasonable steps to establish whether P lacks capacity in relation to the matter in question, and
(b) when doing the act, D reasonably believes—
(i) that P lacks capacity in relation to the matter, and
(ii) that it will be in P's best interests for the act to be done.
(2) D does not incur any liability in relation to the act that he would not have incurred if P—
(a) had had capacity to consent in relation to the matter, and
(b) had consented to D's doing the act.
(3) Nothing in this section excludes a person's civil liability for loss or damage, or his criminal liability, resulting from his negligence in doing the act.
(4) Nothing in this section affects the operation of sections 24 to 26 (advance decisions to refuse treatment).
6 Section 5 acts: limitations (E+W)
(1) If D does an act that is intended to restrain P, it is not an act to which section 5 applies unless two further conditions are satisfied.
(2) The first condition is that D reasonably believes that it is necessary to do the act in order to prevent harm to P.
(3) The second is that the act is a proportionate response to—
(a) the likelihood of P's suffering harm, and
(b) the seriousness of that harm.
(4) For the purposes of this section D restrains P if he—
(a) uses, or threatens to use, force to secure the doing of an act which P resists, or
(b) restricts P's liberty of movement, whether or not P resists.
(5) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) Section 5 does not authorise a person to do an act which conflicts with a decision made, within the scope of his authority and in accordance with this Part, by—
(7) But nothing in subsection (6) stops a person—
(b) doing any act which he reasonably believes to be necessary to prevent a serious deterioration in P's condition,
F2 S. 6(5) repealed (1.4.2009) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 50(4)(a), 55, 56, Sch. 11 Pt. 10; S.I. 2009/139, art. 2(b)(f) (with art. 3)
7 Payment for necessary goods and services (E+W)
8 Expenditure (E+W)
(1) If an act to which section 5 applies involves expenditure, it is lawful for D—
(a) to pledge P's credit for the purpose of the expenditure, and
(b) to apply money in P's possession for meeting the expenditure.
(2) If the expenditure is borne for P by D, it is lawful for D—
(a) to reimburse himself out of money in P's possession, or
(b) to be otherwise indemnified by P.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not affect any power under which (apart from those subsections) a person—
(a) has lawful control of P's money or other property, and
(b) has power to spend money for P's benefit.