Legislation

Section 11 – Refusal of assessment

Introduction

Adults with the necessary mental capacity can decline to be assessed. That must be respected other than in the limited circumstances set out in this section. Access the full text of section 11 of the Care Act. The official explanatory notes to this act describe this section as follows: “This section sets out what is […]

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