Prospective
Duty to inform certain persons where power of removal or transfer usedN.I.
147—(1) This section applies where a constable takes a person (“R”) to a place of safety under section 139 or 145.
(2) The constable must ensure that, as soon as practicable after R arrives at the place of safety, the required information is given to—
(a)the HSC trust in whose area that place of safety is situated;
(b)the appropriate person; and
(c)if the appropriate person does not live with R and it is practicable to give the information to a relevant person who lives with R, such a person.
(3) But if—
(a)it is not practicable to give the required information to the appropriate person, and
(b)it is practicable to give the required information to a relevant person,
subsection (2) has effect as if the reference in paragraph (b) to the appropriate person were to a relevant person.
(4) In this section—
“the appropriate person” means—
if R is 16 or over, any person who is R's nominated person;
if R is under 16, a person with parental responsibility for R;
“relevant person” means a person who is 16 or over and is—
named by R as someone to whom the information should be given;
engaged in caring for R; or
interested in R's welfare;
“the required information” has the meaning given by section 148.