# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Section 147: Duty to inform certain persons where power of removal or transfer used

Status: prospective

(1) This section applies where a constable takes a person (“R”) to a place of safety under section 139 or 145.
(2) The constable must ensure that, as soon as practicable after R arrives at the place of safety, the required information is given to⁠—
(a) the HSC trust in whose area that place of safety is situated;
(b) the appropriate person; and
(c) if the appropriate person does not live with R and it is practicable to give the information to a relevant person who lives with R, such a person.
(3) But if⁠—
(a) it is not practicable to give the required information to the appropriate person, and
(b) it is practicable to give the required information to a relevant person,
subsection (2) has effect as if the reference in paragraph (b) to the appropriate person were to a relevant person.
(4) In this section⁠—
“the appropriate person” means—
(a)if R is 16 or over, any person who is R's nominated person;
(b)if R is under 16, a person with parental responsibility for R;
“relevant person” means a person who is 16 or over and is—
(a)named by R as someone to whom the information should be given;
(b)engaged in caring for R; or
(c)interested in R's welfare;
“the required information” has the meaning given by section 148.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/147 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-147
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