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MENTAL HEALTH AMENDMENT ACT 2015 (NO. 15 OF 2015)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1. Purpose
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
PART 2--GENERAL AMENDMENTS TO THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014
4. Definitions
5. What is treatment?
6. Restriction on right to communicate
7. Persons to be notified of restriction on inpatient's right to communicate
8. Duration of an Assessment Order
9. Authorised psychiatrist may make Temporary Treatment Order
10. Expiry of Temporary Treatment Order or Treatment Order if certain other Orders made
11. Application for review of direction to vary Order
12. Matters authorised psychiatrist must have regard to if consenting to medical treatment of patient
13. Application to perform electroconvulsive treatment on a young person
14. Facilities and supplies to be provided to person
15. Monitoring of person in seclusion
16. Monitoring of person on whom a bodily restraint is used
17. Functions of the Secretary
18. Confidentiality obligations applying in respect of information from clinical practice audit or clinical review
19. Authorised psychiatrist may delegate powers and functions
20. Notice of hearing
21. Powers of community visitors
22. Reasonable assistance to be given to community visitors
23. Discharge of person subject to a Court Secure Treatment Order
24. What is a Secure Treatment Order?
25. Making a Secure Treatment Order
26. Discharge of person subject to a Secure Treatment Order
27. Notification and directions following discharge of security patient subject to Court Secure Treatment Order or Secure Treatment Order
28. Definition
29. Section 306 repealed
30. Statement of priorities
31. Power to enter premises, apprehend and take person to or from a designated mental health service
32. Regulations
33. New Part 16A inserted
PART 3--GENERAL AMENDMENT TO THE CRIMES (MENTAL IMPAIRMENT AND UNFITNESS TO BE TRIED) ACT 1997
34. Report to be prepared and filed
PART 4--AMENDMENTS IN RELATION TO ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENT CHANGES
Division 1--Mental Health Act 2014
35. Department of Health and Human Services
36. Department of Justice and Regulation
Division 2--Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
37. Department of Health and Human Services
38. Department of Justice and Regulation
PART 5--REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT
39. Repeal of amending Act
ENDNOTES
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