View source for Mental Capacity Act 2005 Explanatory Notes

The official Explanatory Notes to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 have been prepared by the Department of Constitutional Affairs and Department of Health. They provide explanations of and comments on the main provisions of the Act.

==Resources==

[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2005/en/ukpgaen_20050009_en.pdf Mental Capacity Act 2005 Explanatory Notes on OPSI website] (35 pages)


==Text==

The full text of the Explanatory Notes is reproduced below (without any formatting yet: it may be easier to read the PDF file above).

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