Legislation

Section 4B – Deprivation of liberty necessary for life-sustaining treatment etc

Introduction

This section sets out a very limited exception to the requirement for deprivation of liberty under the act to be authorised by either a court order or a deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) authorisation. Its purpose is to prevent an adult from coming to serious harm while a Court of Protection decision about deprivation of […]

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