Cap. 659 Art. 26Removal of adult at risk or of the source of potential harm. Application for Protective Intervention Order. 22 [CAP.

(1) Where the Director has reasonable grounds to believe that there is considerable risk of immediate harm to an adult who is, or may be in need of protection, the Director may, after informing the Permanent Secretary and after obtaining an Emergency Intervention Order from the Court of Magistrates, file an application in the Registry of the said Court requesting urgently that:

(a) the adult be removed from the source of potential harm to such place as the Director considers appropriate for the protection of the adult; or

(b) the source of the potential harm be, with the assistance of the Executive Police, removed from the proximity of the adult.

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after an adult or a source of potential harm is removed pursuant to sub-article (1), the Director

659.] VULNERABILITY shall apply for a Protective Intervention Order for the adult in terms of article 19, unless the Director had previously reversed the actions taken under sub-article (1):

Provided that if the Court of Magistrates does not accede to the request made by the Director, no action shall lie against the Director and, or any person involved, if there were reasonable grounds to justify the action taken in terms of this article.