PART 1PRINCIPLES
Establishing what is in a person's best interests
I1I28Compliance with section 2
1
This section applies where a person other than the court (“the relevant person”)—
a
does an act for or on behalf of another person who is 16 or over and lacks capacity in relation to whether the act should be done; or
b
makes a decision for or on behalf of another person who is 16 or over and lacks capacity to make the decision.
2
The relevant person is to be taken to have sufficiently complied with the principle in section 2(2) (act or decision must be in best interests) if that person—
a
reasonably believes that the act or decision is in the other person's best interests; and
b
in determining whether the act or decision is in the other person's best interests, has complied with section 7.