The Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 No. 199

PART 4 N.I. Trust Panels

Panel membership N.I.

41.—(1)  [F1 Subject to paragraph (1A), for] the purposes of section 297(3) of the Act a panel must:

(a) have three members, all of whom must be appointed by the relevant trust; and

(b) consist of—

(i) one medical practitioner who is a suitably qualified person;

(ii) one approved social worker; and

(iii) one suitably qualified person.

[F2 (1A) In an emergency period the panel may consist of three suitably qualified persons.]

(2) In addition the panel members must—

(a) be unconnected with P;

(b) not be involved in the care and treatment of P; and

(c) have completed training approved by the Department within 12 months of their first occurrence as a member of a panel.

(3) The relevant trust must appoint one of the members as a chair of the panel.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 41(1) 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(l)(i)

F2 Reg. 41(1A) inserted(temp) (2.4.2020) by The Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/57), regs. 1(1), 2(l)(ii)