# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Section 271: Assisting breach of community residence requirement

Status: prospective

(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person knows that another person (“P”) is required by a community residence requirement to live at a particular place; and
(b) the person induces, or intentionally assists, P to stop living at that place.
(2) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person knows that another person (“P”) is required by a community residence requirement to live at a particular place;
(b) P has stopped living at that place; and
(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.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine or both.
(4) In this section “community residence requirement” means a community residence requirement (as defined by section 31) that is imposed under Part 2.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/271 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-271
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