{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-271",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-271.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2016/18",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "section/271",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "271",
  "heading": "Assisting breach of community residence requirement",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) the person knows that another person (“P”) is required by a community residence requirement to live at a particular place; and\n(b) the person induces, or intentionally assists, P to stop living at that place.\n(2) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) the person knows that another person (“P”) is required by a community residence requirement to live at a particular place;\n(b) P has stopped living at that place; and\n(c) the person gives P any assistance with the intention of preventing, delaying or interfering with P's being returned to live at that place.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine or both.\n(4) In this section “community residence requirement” means a community residence requirement (as defined by section 31) that is imposed under Part 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/271",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:54.781348+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}