Mental Capacity Act 2005

Mental health arrangements: other definitions U.K.

[F1 54 In this Part—

• “donee” means a donee of a lasting power of attorney granted by P;

• “England and Wales enactment” means an enactment, in the Mental Health Act or elsewhere, which extends to England and Wales (whether or not it also extends elsewhere);

• “hospital” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Mental Health Act;

• “learning disability” has the meaning given by section 1(4) of the Mental Health Act;

• “medical treatment” is to be read in accordance with paragraph 55.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. AA1 inserted (16.5.2019 for specified purposes) by Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 (c. 18), s. 6(3), Sch. 1