Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

MENTAL HEALTH (TREATMENT AND CARE) (NO. 31 OF 1999) - SECT 27

    Section 46 of the Principal Act is amended—

        (a)     by inserting “then, subject to subsection (2)” after “justified”; and

        (b)     by adding at the end the following subsection:

“(2)     If the person detained under subsection 41 (1) or (2) is an accused person to whom an order under subsection 428DA (1) of the Crimes Act applies—

        (a)     the doctor who examined the person under section 43;

        (b)     the chief psychiatrist; or

        (c)     the Tribunal;

shall notify the person in charge of an approved mental health facility if satisfied that the detention of the person is no longer justified.”.