Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 252:

In page 65, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:“(4) Subject to subsection (3)*, nothing in section 53 shall be construed as authorising an informal decision-maker to restrain a relevant person, save where the informal decision maker reasonably believes that the relevant person lacks capacity in relation to the matter in question and such restraint is necessary to prevent immediate harm to the relevant person or other person and is the least restrictive measure that may be taken in order to prevent harm to the relevant person or to another person. For the purposes of this section restraint shall be construed in accordance with section 27(6).”