Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

2.—(1) An application under this Schedule may be made where—

(a) a public protection order without restrictions has been made;

(b) the person concerned is still liable to be detained under the order;

(c) it has been proposed that the period of the order should be extended under section 181 or 182; and

(d) an extension under that section is not possible, because the responsible social worker does not consider that the criteria for continuation are met.

(2) An application under this Schedule is an application to the relevant trust for an extension of the period of the order.

(3) In this Schedule—

“the relevant trust” means the HSC trust in whose area the establishment concerned is situated;

“the establishment concerned” means the establishment in which the person concerned would be liable to be detained if the period of the order were extended.