The Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 became law on 9 May 2016

Further to a recent posting on the enactment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (ADMC  Act)  in  the Republic of Ireland, we should now point out that on 25th May, the speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly,  Robin Newton , announced:

“I wish to inform the Assembly that the Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, the Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 and the Shared Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 became law on 9 May 2016″.

Those wishing to learn more will find interesting information and opinions on the intentions of the The Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 in these articles:

• Lessons from Northern Ireland by Alex Ruck Keene  in Halsbury’s Law Exchange

• One stage closer – the NI Bill (mostly) survives Committee scrutiny also by Alex Ruck Keene in Mental Capacity Law and Policy

If we locate a ‘post-enactment’ summary or review of the Act, we will post a link to it here.