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

Amendment of section 8 of Principal Act

7. Section 8(7)(d) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subparagraph (i), by the substitution of “matter,” for “matter, and”,

(b) by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (ii):

“(ii) any decision-making assistant, co-decision-maker, decision-making representative, attorney or attorney under the Act of 1996 for the relevant person,”,

and

(c) by the insertion of the following subparagraphs after subparagraph (ii):

“(iii) any court friend or person to whom section 36(8)(b) applies, where the intervention relates to proceedings under Part 5, and

(iv) a designated healthcare representative within the meaning of Part 8 for the relevant person, where the intervention relates to treatment and an advance healthcare directive within the meaning of Part 8 is applicable,”.