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121.—(1) This section applies where, in proceedings brought in respect of a person (“P”) under this Part, the court imposes a requirement to make a report under section 120(2).
(2) If the Public Guardian or a Court Visitor is making a visit in the course of complying with the requirement, he or she may interview P in private.
(3) If a Court Visitor who is a Special Visitor is making a visit in the course of complying with the requirement, he or she may if the court so directs carry out in private a medical, psychiatric or psychological examination of P’s capacity and condition.
(4) For the purpose of complying with the requirement, the Public Guardian or a Court Visitor may at all reasonable times require the production of, examine and take copies of—
(a)any health record (as defined by section 306),
(b)any relevant record, or
(c)any court record,
so far as the record relates to P.
(5) But if P has capacity in relation to whether the power under subsection (4) should be exercised, the power may be exercised only with P’s consent.
(6) In this section—
“court record” means documentation held by the court relating to the proceedings mentioned in subsection (1);
“relevant record” means a record relating to P’s care, treatment or personal welfare which is a record of or held by—
an HSC trust;
the Regional Board;
RQIA;
a Northern Ireland department or its employees or agents;
the managing authority of an independent hospital; or
the managing authority of a care home.
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