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Updated to 16 September 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 432 of 2025)

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022
No. 46 of 2022

Contents

Commencement

Section Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
 Commencement Information
S. 1(1) 17 February 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023. (S.I. No. 46 of 2023), art. 2(a)
S. 1(2)-(4) 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(a)
S. 1(5), 1(6) 17 February 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023. (S.I. No. 46 of 2023), art. 2(a)
S. 2 17 February 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023. (S.I. No. 46 of 2023), art. 2(b)
S. 3 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(a)
S. 4(a), (b) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(5)
S. 4(c)-(f) 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
Ss. 5, 6 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
S. 7(a), (b) 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
S. 7(c) insofar as it relates to the insertion of subparagraph (iii) into section 8(7)(d) of the Act of 2015 Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(5)
S. 7(c) insofar as it relates to the insertion of subparagraph (iv) into section 8(7)(d) of the Act of 2015 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
Ss. 8-29 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
S. 30(a) 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
S. 30(b) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(5)
S. 30(c), (d) 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
Ss. 31-43 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
S. 44 insofar as it relates to the insertion of subsections (1) and (2) of section 54A into the Act of 2015 Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(5)
S. 44 insofar as it relates to the insertion of subsection (3) of section 54A into the Act of 2015 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
Ss. 45-67 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
S. 68 insofar as it relates to the insertion of section 79(1) into the Act of 2015 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
S. 68 insofar as it relates to the insertion of section 79(2)(a), (b) into the Act of 2015 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
S. 68 insofar as it relates to the insertion of section 79(2)(c) into the Act of 2015 Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(5)
S. 68 insofar as it relates to the insertion of section 79(2)(d), (e) into the Act of 2015 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
S. 68 insofar as it relates to the insertion of section 79(3) into the Act of 2015 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
Ss. 69, 70 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
S. 71(a) 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
S. 71(b) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(5)
Ss. 72-77 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 195 of 2023), art. 2
Ss. 78-84 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
S. 85 Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(5)
Ss. 86, 87 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
S. 88(a)-(c) 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
S. 88(d) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(5)
Ss. 89-95 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(b)
Ss. 96, 97 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(c)
S. 98(1) 17 February 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023. (S.I. No. 46 of 2023), art. 2(c)
S. 98(2), (3) 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(c)
S. 99 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(c)
S. 100(1)(a) 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(c)
S. 100(1)(b), (c) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(5)
S. 100(2) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(5)
S. 100(3) 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(c)
Ss. 101-104 26 April 2023 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 194 of 2023), art. 3(c)

Amendments and other effects

How Affected Affecting Provision Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
 Commencement Source
Not affected

SIs made under the Act

SectionSIs made under the Act
None