Policy paper
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill: easy read
Plans for a new law about how someone can be ordered to be looked after safely if they cannot make decisions for themselves.
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The government wants to make changes to the law called the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
It wants to make changes because the rules are hard to understand and don’t work very well.
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 gives rules about ordering people to be looked after safely if they cannot make decisions for themselves.