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Mental Capacity Act 2005

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17 Section 16 powers: personal welfare

(1) The powers under section 16 as respects P's personal welfare extend in particular to— (a) deciding where P is to live; (b) deciding what contact, if any, P is to have with any specified persons; (c) making an order prohibiting a named person from having contact with P; (d) giving or refusing consent to the carrying out or continuation of a treatment by a person providing health care for P; (e) giving a direction that a person responsible for P's health care allow a different person to take over that responsibility. (2) Subsection (1) is subject to section 20 (restrictions on deputies).

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17 Section 16 powers: personal welfare

(1) The powers under section 16 as respects P's personal welfare extend in particular to— (a) deciding where P is to live; (b) deciding what contact, if any, P is to have with any specified persons; (c) making an order prohibiting a named person from having contact with P; (d) giving or refusing consent to the carrying out or continuation of a treatment by a person providing health care for P; (e) giving a direction that a person responsible for P's health care allow a different person to take over that responsibility. (2) Subsection (1) is subject to section 20 (restrictions on deputies).

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