Regulation 31 Where a child's parent lacks capacity
(1)
If the appropriate person is the child's parent and the parent lacks capacity at the relevant time, references in—
(a)
Part 3 of the Act, and
(b)
these Regulations,
to the appropriate person are to be read as references to a representative of the parent.
(2)
If the child's parent lacks capacity at the relevant time references to a child's parent in these regulations, except the reference in regulation 6(1)(b)(iv), are to be read as references to a representative of the parent.