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

Amendment of section 107 of Principal Act

89. Section 107 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):

“(3A) A person detained pursuant to a direction made under subsection (3) for a period exceeding 3 months (in this subsection referred to as a ‘renewal period’) or his or her committee or legal representative, may, after a period of 3 months has expired from the date the direction was made but before the expiry of the renewal period, make an application to have the person’s detention reviewed by the wardship court under subsection (3) and no more than one such application may be made in each renewal period.”.