PART 3 N.I. Information, Authorisation and Extensions

CHAPTER 5 N.I. Extension by trust panel authorisation

Schedule 3 application N.I.

30.   [F1 Subject to regulation 30A, for] the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Act a person can make an application for a trust panel extension of a deprivation of liberty under Schedule 3 to the Act if he or she is—

(a) a suitably qualified person;

(b) involved in the care or treatment of P;

(c) not the person making the medical report required in paragraph 4(1)(c) of Schedule 3 to the Act; and

(d) unconnected with P.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 30 substituted(temp) (2.4.2020) by The Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/57), regs. 1(1), 2(j)