The Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Intensivist

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2005/20050009.htm Accessed November 1 2006.

http://www.dca.gov.uk/menincap/mcbdraftcode.pdf Accessed November 1 2006.

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 1.

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 2(1).

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 2(2).

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 2(3).

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 3.

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 3(10)(a) to (c).

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 3(3).

Such a requirement is contained in the common law: see Re C [1994] 1 WLR 290, 295.

The Draft Code of Practice, s 4 http://www.dca.gov.uk/menincap/mcbdraftcode.pdf The updated Code will be published by April.

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 4(1).

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 4(2).

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 4(3).

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 4(4).

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 4(5).

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 4(6).

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 4(11).

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 4(9).

Mental Capacity Act 2005 s. 5.

Mental Capacity Act 2005 s. 6.

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 9–23. Provisions regarding LPA's and CAD's.

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 35–41.

HE v NHS Trust A and AE [2003] EWHC 1017 (Fam).

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 25(2).

HE v A Hospital NHS Trust [2003] EWHC 1017.

Norfolk and Norwich Healthcare (NHS) v W [1996] FLR 613; Re MB (An Adult: Medical Treatment) [1997] 2 FLR 426; Re T (Adult: refusal of Medical Treatment) [1992] 3 WLR 782; Tameside and Glossop Acute Services Trust v CH [1996] 1 FLR 762; A Metropolitan Borough Council v DB [1997] 1 FLR 767; and Re S (Adult Refusal of Medical Treatment) [1994] 2 FLR 671.

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 31.

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 32.

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 33.

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 34.

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 44.

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 44(3)(b).

Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 44(1)(a).

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