Who may make application
5.—(1) Any application under this Schedule must be made by a person who—
(a)is of a prescribed description; and
(b)is unconnected with P (see section 304).
(2) Regulations under sub-paragraph (1)(a) may in particular prescribe, as a description of persons who may make an application under this Schedule—
(a)an approved social worker;
(b)a person of a prescribed description who is designated by the managing authority of a hospital or care home in which P is an in-patient or resident as a person who may make applications under this Schedule;
(c)a person of a prescribed description who is designated by an appropriate person (as defined by the regulations) as a person who may make applications under this Schedule.