Volume 1

Draft Mental Incapacity Bill / presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs.

  • Great Britain. Department for Constitutional Affairs.
Date:
2003
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Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: Draft Mental Incapacity Bill / presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Or WNF NO 14 15 17 18 20 Mental Incapacity Bill CONTENTS PART 1 PERSONS WHO LACK CAPACITY Preliminary Persons who lack capacity Inability to make decisions Presumption against lack of capacity Best interests Adults and young people The general authority and restrictions on it The general authority Restrictions on the general authority Lasting powers of attorney Lasting powers of attorney Appointment of donees . Scope of lasting powers of attorney: personal welfare Scope of lasting powers of attorney: gifts Revocation of lasting powers of attorney etc. Protection of donee and others if no power created or power revoked General powers of the court and appointment of deputies Meaning of “the court” Power to make declarations Powers to make decisions and appoint deputies: general Section 16 powers: personal welfare Section 16 powers: property and affairs Appointment of deputies Restrictions on deputies