Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022

Amendment of section 25 of Principal Act

22. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (3)—

(i) by the substitution of “The Director shall make such details of the Register as he or she shall specify” for “The Director shall make the Register”, and

(ii) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “inspecting those details of the Register” for “inspecting the Register”,

(b) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “or part thereof, or, where applicable, a varied co-decision-making agreement or part thereof,”, for “or part thereof,”,

(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):

“(4A) An authenticated copy of a co-decision-making agreement or part thereof, or, where applicable, of a varied co-decision-making agreement or part thereof, that is issued by the Director under subsection (4) and stamped by the Director with a time and date stamp (which may be by automated means), shall be evidence of the contents of the agreement or part thereof as at the date and time indicated on the stamp.”,

and

(d) in subsection (5), by the substitution of “or part thereof, or, where applicable, a varied co-decision-making agreement or part thereof,”, for “or part thereof,”.