Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

Assisting breach of community residence requirement

271.—(1) A person commits an offence if—

(a) the person knows that another person (“P”) is required by a community residence requirement to live at a particular place; and

(b) the person induces, or intentionally assists, P to stop living at that place.

(2) A person commits an offence if—

(a) the person knows that another person (“P”) is required by a community residence requirement to live at a particular place;

(b) P has stopped living at that place; and

(c) the person gives P any assistance with the intention of preventing, delaying or interfering with P’s being returned to live at that place.

(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;

(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine or both.

(4) In this section “community residence requirement” means a community residence requirement (as defined by section 31) that is imposed under Part 2.