Closed consultation Consultation on Proposals for New Mental Capacity Legislation for Northern Ireland

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 Adobe PDF (1 MB)
• Annex A: Draft Mental Capacity Bill (Civil Provisions) Adobe PDF (3 MB)
• Updated Equality Impact Assessment - Draft Mental Capacity Bill Adobe PDF (1 MB)
• Equality Screening – DoJ Adobe PDF (573 KB)
• Equality Impact Assessment - DoJ Adobe PDF (1 MB)
• Mental Capacity Bill Consultation easy read Adobe PDF (621 KB)
• Comic explaining the Draft Bill Adobe PDF (7 MB)
• Mental Capacity Bill - Consultation summary report Adobe PDF (3 MB)
• Mental Capacity Bill regulatory Impact Assessment Adobe PDF (615 KB)
• Mental Capacity Bill Consultation Individual Responses - part 1.zip ZIP archive (11 MB)
• Mental Capacity Bill Consultation Individual Responses - part 2.zip ZIP archive (15 MB)
• Mental Capacity Bill Consultation Individual Responses - part 3.zip ZIP archive (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.

Ways to respond

Consultation closed — responses are no longer being accepted.