Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 (c. 18)

Prospective

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 E+W Minor and consequential amendments

Part 1 E+W Amendments to the Mental Capacity Act 2005

3 E+W In section 35(1) (appointment of independent mental capacity advocates), for “available to” to the end substitute “available to—

(a) represent and support persons to whom acts or decisions proposed under sections 37, 38 and 39 relate,

(b) represent and support cared-for persons where paragraph 42 of Schedule AA1 applies, and

(c) support appropriate persons where paragraph 43 of Schedule AA1 applies.”