SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Authorisation by panel of certain serious interventions

Part 3The criteria for authorisation

Criteria for community residence requirement

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In relation to the imposition on P of a community residence requirement, the criteria for authorisation are that—

a

failure to impose a community residence requirement would create a risk of harm to P;

b

imposing such a requirement would be a proportionate response to—

i

the likelihood of harm to P; and

ii

the seriousness of the harm concerned;

c

P lacks capacity in relation to the matters covered by the community residence requirement;

d

any services which, under regulations under section 33, are required to be available to people subject to community residence requirements are available in the area in which P would be required by the community residence requirement to live; and

e

the community residence requirement would be in P's best interests.