Section 3 Adults at riskI1
(1)
“Adults at risk” are adults who—
(a)
are unable to safeguard their own well-being, property, rights or other interests,
(b)
are at risk of harm, and
(c)
because they are affected by disability, mental disorder, illness or physical or mental infirmity, are more vulnerable to being harmed than adults who are not so affected.
(2)
An adult is at risk of harm for the purposes of subsection (1) if—
(a)
another person's conduct is causing (or is likely to cause) the adult to be harmed, or
(b)
the adult is engaging (or is likely to engage) in conduct which causes (or is likely to cause) self-harm.
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S. 3 in force at 29.10.2008 by S.S.I. 2008/314, art. 2