Paragraph 10

Section 64 is amended as follows.

F1In subsection (1), insert at the appropriate place—

““authorisation under Schedule A1” means either—

(a)

a standard authorisation under that Schedule, or

(b)

an urgent authorisation under that Schedule.”

In subsection (1), in the definition of “local authority” after “ “local authority”” insert “ , except in Schedule A1, ”.

After subsection (4) insert—

“(5)

In this Act, references to deprivation of a person's liberty have the same meaning as in Article 5(1) of the Human Rights Convention.

(6)

For the purposes of such references, it does not matter whether a person is deprived of his liberty by a public authority or not.”