Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

Section 147: meaning of “the required information” etc

148.—(1) This section supplements section 147.

(2) “The required information” means—

(a) the fact that R has been taken to a place of safety under section 139 or 145;

(b) R’s name and address, if known;

(c) the address of the place of safety to which R was taken;

(d) the date and time at which R—

(i) was removed from the public place (where the notification relates to a removal under section 139); or

(ii) was taken from the place of safety from which he or she was transferred (where the notification relates to a transfer under section 145);

(e) the circumstances giving rise to R’s removal or transfer; and

(f) if the place of safety to which R was taken is a police station, the reason why R was taken there.

(3) Section 147 applies instead of Article 10 of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 in any case where (but for this subsection) both that section and that Article would apply.

(4) Article 57 of PACE (right to have someone informed when arrested and detained) does not apply in relation to a person detained in a place of safety under this Part.