The Mental Capacity Act 2005 covering England and Wales, provides a statutory framework for acting and making decisions on behalf of people who lack the capacity to make decisions for themselves. These can be small decisions such as what clothes to wear or major decisions such as where to live. It is recognised that there are times when the measures put in place will restrict a person's movements, albeit in their best interests and proportionate to the risk of harm, to a point where they may become deprived of their liberty.