Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

MENTAL HEALTH (TREATMENT AND CARE) (NO. 31 OF 1999) - SECT 17

    Section 36 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following subsections:

“(3)     If, in relation to a person who is subject to a restriction order, the Tribunal receives—

        (a)     notice of intention of the chief psychiatrist or care coordinator (as the case requires) to discharge the person from a psychiatric treatment order or a community care order; or

        (b)     notice of contravention of the restriction order;

the Tribunal shall, within 72 hours after being notified, review the order.

“(4)     After reviewing a restriction order, the Tribunal—

        (a)     if satisfied that the person is no longer a person in respect of whom the Tribunal could make an order under section 26—shall revoke the restriction order; or

        (b)     if not satisfied that the person is not a person in respect of whom the Tribunal could make a mental health order—may make an order for an assessment under section 16.”.