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| Mental Capacity Act 2005 - summary | | Corporate Author | Department for Constitutional Affairs - DCA; Department of Health - DH; Public Guardianship Office - PGO; Welsh Assembly Government |
| Publisher | (Electronic format only) Department for Constitutional Affairs - DCA, [2007] |
| Pages | 5 pp |
| Source | Download from website (13/07/07): http://www.dca.gov.uk/legal-policy/mental-capacity... |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Court of protection ; Law ; Guides, guide books. |
| Annotation | The Mental Capacity Act 2005 for England and Wales received the Royal Assent on 7 April 2005 and will come into force in 2007. This summary, available to download from the DCA website, provides key information about the new Act and sets out some of the changes that will occur as from April 2007. However most of the Act comes into force in October 2007. This summary provides information on the Act and when the different parts come into effect. The whole Act is underpinned by a set of five key principles set out in Section 1 of the Act and these are given in this summary. Pending full implementation, the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA), the Department of Health (DH), the Public Guardianship Office (PGO) and the Welsh Assembly Government are working on new processes and procedures that need to be introduced when the Act comes into effect in 2007. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070712504 E |
| Classmark | E: JVC: VR: 69N * |
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