Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000

Contents:

An overview of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000

Information for Residents

Information for Co-Workers, Committee Members, Relatives and Parents

Information for parents with children under the age of 16

Information for Persons Already Appointed to Act for an "Incapable Adult"

Medical Consent

Links


Further information is available from:

The Office of the Public Guardian
Callander Business Park
Falkirk
FK1 1XR
Tel: 01324 678300

Scottish Courts Service

The Scottish Government

The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
Argyle House
3 Lady Lawson Street
Edinburgh
EH3 9SH
Tel: 0131 222 6111

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Links
Scottish Court Service www.scotcourts.gov.uk
Scottish Government www.scotland.gov.uk
Scottish Parliament www.scottish.parliament.uk
Scottish Law Online www.scottishlaw.org.uk
Alzheimer Scotland www.alzscot.org
Citizens Advice Scotland www.cas.org.uk
COSLA www.cosla.gov.uk
Scottish Association for Mental Health www.samh.org.uk
Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland www.mwcscot.org.uk
MIND www.mind.org.uk
SANE www.sane.org.uk
The Public Guardianship Office www.guardianship.gov.uk
The Mental Health Foundation www.mentalhealth.org.uk
Care Commission for Scotland www.carecommission.com
Registers of Scotland www.ros.gov.uk

© Copyright 2002 by Camphill Scotland, and reproduced with their kind permission.

This information about the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 was written and developed by Deborah Baillie for Camphill Scotland, who have kindly given permission for it to be used on this website.  

This information contains a general description of the law, but it is not intended to be a statement of the law or a substitute for proper legal advice.  Both Deborah Baillie and Camphill Scotland have made every effort to ensure that the information is correct, but neither accept any responsibility for any inaccuracies.

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