Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

Prospective

Power of constable to use reasonable forceN.I.

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159  Where—

(a)a power is conferred on a constable by virtue of this Part, and

(b)the provision conferring the power does not provide that the power may be exercised only with the consent of a person other than a police officer,

the constable may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of the power.