Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

Supervision element

3.—(1) A supervision element is a requirement that the supervised person be under the supervision of—

(a) a social worker, or

(b) a probation officer,

for a period specified in the order (“the supervision period”), which must be not less than 6 months and not more than 3 years.

(2) The social worker or probation officer is referred to in this Schedule as “the supervising officer”.

(3) The court must not make a supervision and assessment order unless it is satisfied that the supervising officer is willing to undertake the supervision.

(4) If the supervising officer is a social worker—

(a) the supervision and assessment order must specify the HSC trust for the area in which the supervised person resides or will reside, and

(b) the social worker must be an approved social worker appointed as such by that trust.