Medical Certificates of Incapacity
Medical certificates to accompany applications under:
Part 3 - Access to Funds
Certificate of incapacity to accompany an application to the Public Guardian under sections 24C, 24D or 25.
WORD / PDF
Dispensing with intimation or notification to adult with incapacity in terms of sections 7(1)(d) and 11(2).
PDF
Part 5 - Medical Treatment
Certificate of incapacity under section 47.
PDF
Part 6 - Guardianship and Intervention orders
Certificate to accompany an application under sections 57(3)(a) and 60(3)(a) for guardianship, renewal of guardianship or an intervention order.
For applications under section 57(3)(a), two certificates are required and where the incapacity is by reason of mental disorder, one of the medical practitioners must be approved for the purposes of section 22 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (the 2003 Act).
For a renewal under section 60, only one certificate is required and where the incapacity is by reason of mental disorder, the medical practitioner must be approved for the purposes of section 22 of the 2003 Act'.
WORD / PDF
Certificate of capacity to accompany applications under section 73(3) to the Mental Welfare Commission or local authority for recall of powers of a guardian relating to personal welfare.
WORD / PDF
Application under section 70 (Non-compliance with Decisions of Welfare Guardians)
Link to the regulations which include the form of application:
Web version / Print version
About the forms
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