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The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applying to England and Wales. [3] Its primary purpose is to provide a legal framework for acting and making decisions on behalf of adults who lack the capacity to make particular decisions for themselves.
The power to appoint Deputies is granted by Sections 15 to 21 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. [4]: Sections 15 to 21 Cardiff University noted that Deputies are most commonly appointed to deal with matters of property and finances, although the Mental Capacity Act 2005 allows for Deputies to make decisions on health and welfare. [ 7 ]
Mental health-related legal concepts include mens rea, insanity defences; legal definitions of "sane," "insane," and "incompetent;" informed consent; and automatism, amongst many others. Statutory law usually takes the form of a mental health statute. An example is the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales. These acts codify aspects of ...
Mental Deficiency Act 1927; Mental Treatment Act 1930; Mental Health Act 1959; Mental Health Act 1983; In re F (Mental Patient: Sterilisation) (1990) 2 AC 1 , paragraph 1:- "... no court now has jurisdiction either by statute or derived from the Crown as parens patriae to give or withhold consent to such an operation in the case of an adult as ...
The Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness ('MI Principles'), ... was created on 5 October 2005 by virtue of ... 1987 Mental Health Act. However ...
In November 2004, voters in the U.S. state of California passed Proposition 63, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), which has been designed to expand and transform California's county mental health service systems. The MHSA is funded by imposing an additional one percent tax on individual, but not corporate, taxable income in excess of one ...
The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom; The Mental Health (Detention) (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 47) The Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1994 (c. 6) The Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995 (c. 52) The Mental Health (Public Safety and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 1999 (asp 1) The Mental Health ...
The Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It covers the reception, care and treatment of mentally disordered people, the management of their property and other related matters, forming part of the mental health law for the people in England and Wales.