Mental Capacity Bill
Table of Contents
Long Title
Enacting Formula
Part I PRELIMINARY
1 Short title and commencement
2 Interpretation
Part II PERSONS WHO LACK CAPACITY
3 The principles
4 Persons who lack capacity
5 Inability to make decisions
6 Best interests
Part III ACTS IN CONNECTION WITH CARE OR TREATMENT
7 Acts in connection with care or treatment
8 Section 7 acts: limitations
9 Payment for necessary goods and services
10 Expenditure
Part IV LASTING POWERS OF ATTORNEY
11 Lasting powers of attorney
12 Appointment of donees
13 Lasting powers of attorney: restrictions
14 Scope of lasting powers of attorney: gifts
15 Revocation of lasting powers of attorney, etc.
16 Protection of donee and others if no power created or power revoked
17 Powers of court in relation to validity of lasting powers of attorney
18 Powers of court in relation to operation of lasting powers of attorney
Part V GENERAL POWERS OF COURT AND APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTIES
19 Power to make declarations
20 Powers to make decisions and appoint deputies: general
21 Powers to make decisions and appoint deputies: minors
22 Section 20 powers: personal welfare
23 Section 20 powers: property and affairs
24 Appointment of deputies
25 Restrictions on deputies
Part VI EXCLUDED DECISIONS AND DECLARATORY PROVISIONS
26 Excluded decisions
27 Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act matters
28 Voting rights
29 Scope of Act
Part VII PUBLIC GUARDIAN AND BOARD OF VISITORS
30 Public Guardian
31 Functions of Public Guardian
32 Powers of investigation by Public Guardian
33 Public Guardian Board
34 Annual report
35 Board of Visitors
Part VIII SUPPLEMENTARY POWERS, PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE OF COURT
36 Interim orders and directions
37 Power to call for reports
38 Applications to court
39 Rules of Court
40 Costs
Part IX MISCELLANEOUS
41 Codes of practice
42 Ill-treatment
43 Information relating to persons who lack capacity
44 Jurisdiction of District Court
45 Amendment of Schedules
46 Regulations
47 Consequential and related amendments to other written laws
48 Savings and transitional provisions
Explanatory Statement
Expenditure of Public Money
Table of Derivations