Mental Health Act 2014

A person cannot give an oral authorisation or make a bodily restraint order in respect of a person unless satisfied of these things —

the person needs to be restrained to —

provide the person with treatment; or

prevent the person from physically injuring himself or herself or another person; or

prevent the person from persistently causing serious damage to property;

there is no less restrictive way of providing the treatment or preventing the injury or damage; and

the use of bodily restraint on the person is unlikely to pose a significant risk to the person’s physical health.

A mental health practitioner or the person in charge of a ward cannot give an oral authorisation or make a bodily restraint order in respect of a person unless also satisfied that —

the person needs to be restrained urgently; and

a medical practitioner is not reasonably available to give an oral authorisation or make a bodily restraint order in respect of the person.