Adult Social Care Glossary, v 0.6

3.--1) In addition to any requirements in regulations 6 to 9 and 11, a person can only be selected to be a representative if they are--

(a) 18 years of age or over;
(b) able to keep in contact with the relevant person;
(c) willing to be the relevant person’s representative;
(d) not financially interested in the relevant person’s managing authority;
(e) not a relative of a person who is financially interested in the managing authority;
(f) not employed by, or providing services to, the relevant person’s managing authority, where the relevant person’s managing authority is a care home;
(g) not employed to work in the relevant person’s managing authority in a role that is, or could be, related to the relevant person’s case, where the relevant person’s managing authority is a hospital; and
(h) not employed to work in the supervisory body that is appointing the representative in a role that is, or could be, related to the relevant person’s case.