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Latest news on the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019

Following agreement by both Houses on the text of the Bill it received Royal Assent on 16 May. The Bill is now an Act of Parliament (law).

Summary of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019

A Bill to amend the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in relation to procedures in accordance with which a person may be deprived of liberty where the person lacks capacity to consent, and for connected purposes