Section 17 Section 16 powers: personal welfare

(1)

The powers under section 16 as respects P's personal welfare extend in particular to—

(a)

deciding where P is to live;

(b)

deciding what contact, if any, P is to have with any specified persons;

(c)

making an order prohibiting a named person from having contact with P;

(d)

giving or refusing consent to the carrying out or continuation of a treatment by a person providing health care for P;

(e)

giving a direction that a person responsible for P's health care allow a different person to take over that responsibility.

(2)

Subsection (1) is subject to section 20 (restrictions on deputies).

Notes on Part 1

C1: Pt. 1 applied (1.12.2017) by The Court of Protection Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/1035), rules 23.3, 24.6(1)