Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015

142

Amendment of section 26A of Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961

142. Section 26A (inserted by section 189 of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 is amended—

(a) by inserting the following after subsection (2):

“(2A) The functions, power and jurisdiction conferred on the Circuit Court by the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 may, subject to this section, be performed and exercised by a specialist judge.”,

and

(b) in subsection (5), by deleting “subsections (2) and (3) ” and substituting “subsections (2), (2A) and (3) ”.