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{{Infobox UK legislation
|short_title          = Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
|type                 = Act
|parliament           = Scottish Parliament
|long_title           = An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision as to the property, financial affairs and personal welfare of adults who are incapable by reason of mental disorder or inability to communicate; and for connected purposes.
|year                 = 2000
|citation             = 2000 asp 4
|introduced_by        = Jim Wallace<ref name="ParliamentBillIntroduced">{{cite web|title=Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Bill [AS INTRODUCED]|url=http://www.parliament.scot/S1_Bills/Adults%20with%20Incapacity%20(Scotland)%20Bill/b5s1.pdf|website=parliament.scot|publisher=The Scottish Parliament|accessdate=17 October 2016}}</ref>
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|royal_assent         = 9 May 2000<ref name="ParliamentBills">{{cite web|title=Session 1 Bills|url=http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/12424.aspx#5|website=parliament.scot|publisher=The Scottish Parliament|accessdate=17 October 2016}}</ref>
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|status               = Current
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The '''Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000''' (2000 asp 4) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament. It was passed on 29 March 2000, receiving [[Social:Royal assent|royal assent]] on 9 May.<ref name="statutelaw introduction" /> It concerns the welfare of adults (the age of legal capacity in Scotland being 16) who are unable to make decisions for themselves because they have a [[Medicine:Mental disorder|mental disorder]] or are not able to communicate. It provides the framework for other people (such as carers) to act on the behalf of people with [[Social:Capacity (law)|incapacity]].

The Act was one of the first pieces of legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament upon it being reconvened in 1999.

==Content==
Part 2 of the act concerns [[Power of attorney|power of attorney]] and provides the framework for an individual (whilst they have capacity) to appoint someone to act as their continuing (financial) or welfare attorney.<ref name="statutelaw part 2" />

Part 3 of the act concerns the accounts and funds of the adult with incapacity. It enables access to the bank or building society account of the adult with incapacity, in order to pay their costs of living.<ref name="statutelaw part 3" />

Part 4 of the act concerns the management of finances of adults with incapacity who are residents of registered establishments including health service or private hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, state hospitals and care home services.<ref name="statutelaw part 4" />

Part 5 of the act concerns medical research and treatment of adults with incapacity.<ref name="statutelaw part 5" /> It allows, under certain circumstances, medical research to be carried out on adults unable to give consent.<ref name=GovShortGuide4 />

Part 6 of the act concerns intervention orders and guardianship orders. An intervention order can be applied for by, or on behalf of, an adult with incapacity and granted by the sheriff court. It may cover welfare or financial matters. An application for a guardianship order may be made by individuals or by a local authority regarding an adult with incapacity who may have long-term needs.<ref name="statutelaw part 6" /><ref name=GovShortGuide2-3 />

Part 7 of the act ("Miscellaneous") makes it an offence for an individual to wilfully neglect an adult with incapacity.<ref name="statutelaw part 7" />

==See also==
*Mental Capacity Act 2005
*Capacity in Scots law

==References==
;Footnotes
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em|refs=
<ref name="statutelaw introduction">{{Citation  | title = Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4) Introductory Text  | work = UK Statute Law Database  | url = http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&Year=2000&number=4&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=1684945&ActiveTextDocId=1684946&filesize=685  | accessdate =29 December 2010
}}</ref>
<ref name="statutelaw part 2">{{Citation  | title = Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4)&nbsp;— Continuing Powers of Attorney and Welfare Powers of Attorney  | work = UK Statute Law Database  | url = http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&Year=2000&number=4&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=1684945&ActiveTextDocId=1684973&filesize=67016  | accessdate =29 December 2010
}}</ref>
<ref name="statutelaw part 3">{{Citation  | title = Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4)&nbsp;— Accounts and Funds  | work = UK Statute Law Database  | url = http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&Year=2000&number=4&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=1684945&ActiveTextDocId=1684984&filesize=29253  | accessdate =29 December 2010
}}</ref>
<ref name="statutelaw part 4">{{Citation  | title = Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4)&nbsp;— Management of Residents' Finances  | work = UK Statute Law Database  | url = http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&Year=2000&number=4&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=1684945&ActiveTextDocId=1684995&filesize=64669  | accessdate =29 December 2010
}}</ref>
<ref name="statutelaw part 5">{{Citation  | title = Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4)&nbsp;— Medical Treatment and Research  | work = UK Statute Law Database  | url = http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&Year=2000&number=4&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=1684945&ActiveTextDocId=1685008&filesize=88504  | accessdate =29 December 2010
}}</ref>
<ref name="statutelaw part 6">{{Citation  | title = Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4)&nbsp;— Intervention Orders and Guardianship Orders  | work = UK Statute Law Database  | url = http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&Year=2000&number=4&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=1684945&ActiveTextDocId=1685015&filesize=144103  | accessdate =29 December 2010
}}</ref>
<ref name="statutelaw part 7">{{Citation  | title = Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4)&nbsp;— Miscellaneous  | work = UK Statute Law Database  | url = http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&Year=2000&number=4&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=1684945&ActiveTextDocId=1685049&filesize=57023  | accessdate =29 December 2010
}}</ref>
<ref name=GovShortGuide4>''A Short Guide to the Act'', p. 4</ref>
<ref name=GovShortGuide2-3>''A Short Guide to the Act'', pp. 2–3</ref>
}}
;Sources
{{Citation
  | title = Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000: A Short Guide to the Act
  | publisher = The Scottish Government
  | date = 1 April 2008
  | url = http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/217194/0058194.pdf
  | format = PDF
  | accessdate =29 December 2010
  | ref = Shortguide
}}

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