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Best interests assessor
Definition in Statutory Guidance
From:
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice
An assessment, for the purpose of the deprivation of liberty safeguards, of whether deprivation of liberty is in a detained person’s best interests, is necessary to prevent harm to the person and is a proportionate response to the likelihood and seriousness of that harm.
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