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PART 2Eligibility to carry out assessments

Eligibility to carry out a mental capacity assessment

6.  A person is eligible to carry out a mental capacity assessment(1) if that person is eligible to carry out—

(a)a mental health assessment; or

(b)a best interests assessment.

(1)

A mental capacity assessment is an assessment carried out under paragraph 37 of Schedule A1 to the Act.