Mental Capacity Act 2005

45The Court of Protection

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(1)There is to be a superior court of record known as the Court of Protection.

(2)The court is to have an official seal.

(3)The court may sit at any place in England and Wales, on any day and at any time.

(4)The court is to have a central office and registry at a place appointed by the Lord Chancellor.

(5)The Lord Chancellor may designate as additional registries of the court any district registry of the High Court and any county court office.

(6)The office of the Supreme Court called the Court of Protection ceases to exist.