Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972

Removal to suitable premises of persons in need of care and attentionN.I.

37.  The Ministry shall make arrangements in accordance with Schedule 6 for the purposes of securing the necessary care and attention for persons (other than persons in respect of whom a warrant may be issued under[F1 Article 129 of the Mental Health Order]) who—

(a)are suffering from grave chronic disease or, being aged, infirm or physically incapacitated, are living in insanitary conditions; and

(b)are unable to devote to themselves, or to receive from persons with whom they reside, or from persons living nearby, proper care and attention.