Consultation on Proposals for New Mental Capacity Legislation for Northern Ireland

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Consultation opened on 24 May 2014. Closing date 02 September 2014.

Summary

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) and the Department of Justice (DoJ) launched a joint consultation on the civil provisions of the draft Mental Capacity Bill and associated proposals for those subject to the criminal justice system.

Documents

Consultation document
PDF (1.3 MB)
Annex A: Draft Mental Capacity Bill (Civil Provisions)
PDF (3.4 MB)
Updated Equality Impact Assessment - Draft Mental Capacity Bill
PDF (1.3 MB)
Equality Screening – DoJ
PDF (573 KB)
Equality Impact Assessment - DoJ
PDF (1.3 MB)
Mental Capacity Bill Consultation easy read
PDF (621 KB)
Comic explaining the Draft Bill
PDF (7.1 MB)
Mental Capacity Bill - Consultation summary report
PDF (3.3 MB)
Mental Capacity Bill regulatory Impact Assessment
PDF (615 KB)
Mental Capacity Bill Consultation Individual Responses - part 1.zip -
Zip (11.4 MB)
Mental Capacity Bill Consultation Individual Responses - part 2.zip -
Zip (15 MB)
Mental Capacity Bill Consultation Individual Responses - part 3.zip -
Zip (17 MB)

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Consultation description

The core provisions of the draft Mental Capacity Bill were published for consultation in tandem with the Department of Justice proposals for those subject to the criminal justice system. This consultation sought your views on the draft Bill and how it might be improved. The consultation opened on 27 May 2014 and closed on 2 September 2015.

Consultation responses

The Departments received 121 responses to the consultation within the consultation period.

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