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Mental Capacity Bill

This is the text of the Mental Capacity Bill, as introduced in the House of Commons on 24th November 2004.

 
EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory Notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department for Constitutional Affairs, are published separately as Bill 001- EN.
 
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Mr David Lammy has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Mental Capacity Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.
  
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