Victorian Numbered Acts

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2010 (NO. 29 OF 2010) - SECT 19

    (1)     For section 26(3)(b) of the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 substitute —

    "(b)     providing for a person to receive services     in an appropriate place or     from a disability service provider, the Secretary to the Department of Human Services or the Secretary to the Department of Health—".

    (2)     For section 26(8) of the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 substitute —

    "(8)     A person who is detained in custody in an approved mental health service under a supervision order is deemed to be in the custody of the Secretary to the Department of Health.

    (9)     A person who is detained in custody in a residential treatment facility or a residential institution under a supervision order is deemed to be in the custody of the Secretary to the Department of Human Services.

Note

Section 6A of the Corrections Act 1986 deems a person in custody in a prison to be in the custody of the Secretary to the Department of Justice.".