Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019
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Overview of the Act
Reproduced verbatim from the Explanatory Notes published with the Act on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Explanatory Notes are prepared by the responsible government department and are not part of the Act.
The purpose of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 is to reform the process under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 ("MCA") for authorising arrangements enabling the care or treatment of people who lack capacity to consent to the arrangements, which give rise to a deprivation of their liberty.
The Act amends the MCA. In particular it inserts a new Schedule AA1. The Act is based on a Law Commission draft Bill published as part of its report Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty (2017).1
1 https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/mental-capacity-and-deprivation-of-liberty
Type: UK Public General Act
Year and chapter: 2019 c. 18
Royal Assent: 2019-05-16
Last ingested: 2026-06-12 from legislation.gov.uk. Acts commence section by section — check the official text for commencement orders.