SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE A1F2Hospital and care home residents: deprivation of liberty
F2Part 13Interpretation
Interested persons
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Each of the following is an interested person—
a
the relevant person's spouse or civil partner;
F1b
where the relevant person and another person are not married to each other, nor in a civil partnership with each other, but are living together as if they were a married couple F3or civil partners: that other person;
d
the relevant person's children and step-children;
e
the relevant person's parents and step-parents;
f
the relevant person's brothers and sisters, half-brothers and half-sisters, and stepbrothers and stepsisters;
g
the relevant person's grandparents;
h
a deputy appointed for the relevant person by the court;
i
a donee of a lasting power of attorney granted by the relevant person.
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1
An interested person consulted by the best interests assessor is any person whose name is stated in the relevant best interests assessment in accordance with paragraph 40 (interested persons whom the assessor consulted in carrying out the assessment).
2
The relevant best interests assessment is the most recent best interests assessment carried out in connection with the standard authorisation in question (whether the assessment was carried out under Part 4 or Part 8).
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Where this Schedule imposes on a person a duty towards an interested person, the duty does not apply if the person on whom the duty is imposed—
a
is not aware of the interested person's identity or of a way of contacting him, and
b
cannot reasonably ascertain it.
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The following table contains an index of provisions defining or otherwise explaining expressions used in this Schedule—
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Sch. A1 omitted (16.5.2019 for specified purposes) by virtue of Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 (c. 18), s. 6(3), Sch. 2 para. 2(c)