PART 3Information, Authorisation and Extensions

CHAPTER 5Extension by trust panel authorisation

Schedule 3 application

30.  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.