s 8 Section 7 acts: limitations
8.—(1) If D does an act that is intended to restrain P, it is not an act to which section 7 applies unless 2 further conditions are satisfied. (2) The first condition is that D reasonably believes that it is necessary to do the act in order to prevent harm to P. (3) The second condition is that the act is a proportionate response to —(a) the likelihood of P’s suffering harm; and (b) the seriousness of that harm. (4) For the purposes of this section, D restrains P if D —(a) uses, or threatens to use, force to secure the doing of an act which P resists; or (b) restricts P’s liberty of movement, whether or not P resists. (5) Section 7 does not authorise a person to do an act which is inconsistent with a decision made, within the scope of the authority of, and in accordance with this Act, by —(a) a donee of a lasting power of attorney granted by P; or (b) a deputy appointed for P by the court.