Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

Prospective

Direction for person to attend for purposes of justice etcN.I.

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194—(1) Where—

(a)a person is liable to be detained under a public protection order with restrictions, and

(b)the Department of Justice is satisfied that the person's attendance at any place in Northern Ireland is desirable in the interests of justice or for the purposes of any public inquiry,

the Department of Justice may direct the person to be taken to that place.

(2) Where a person is directed under this section to be taken to any place, the person is, unless the Department of Justice otherwise directs, to be kept in custody—

(a)while being taken to that place;

(b)while at that place; and

(c)while being taken back to the establishment in which he or she is liable to be detained under the public protection order.