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Definition in Statutory Guidance

of

Eligibility assessment

from

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice

Source

An assessment, for the purpose of the deprivation of liberty safeguards, of whether or not a person is rendered ineligible for a standard deprivation of liberty authorisation because the authorisation would conflict with requirements that are, or could be, placed on the person under the Mental Health Act 1983.

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