# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Paragraph 5

Status: prospective

(1) A residence element is any requirement as to the residence of the supervised person during a period specified in the order (“the residence period”).
(2) The residence period may be the whole or any part of the supervision period.
(3) Before including a residence element, the court must consider the home surroundings of the supervised person.
(4) A residence element may not require the supervised person to reside as an in-patient or resident in a hospital or care home.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/schedule/7/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-7/paragraph-5
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