Introductory Text
PART 1 Preliminary
1.Citation, commencement and application
2.Interpretation
PART 2 Eligibility to carry out assessments
3.Eligibility – general
4.Eligibility to carry out a mental health assessment
5.Eligibility to carry out a best interests assessment
6.Eligibility to carry out a mental capacity assessment
7.Eligibility to carry out an eligibility assessment
8.Eligibility to carry out an age assessment
9.Eligibility to carry out a no refusals assessment
PART 3 Selection of Assessors
10.Selection of assessors – relatives
11.Selection of assessors – financial interest
12.Selection of best interests assessors
PART 4 Assessments
13.Time frame for assessments
14.Time limit for carrying out an assessment to decide whether or not there is an unauthorised deprivation of liberty
15.Relevant eligibility information
PART 5 Requests for a standard authorisation
16.Information to be provided in a request for a standard authorisation
PART 6 Supervisory bodies: care homes
Disputes about the Place of Ordinary Residence
17.Application and Interpretation of Part 6
18.Arrangements where there is a question as to the ordinary residence
19.Effect of change in supervisory body following determination of any question about ordinary residence
Signature
Explanatory Note