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MENTAL HEALTH (TREATMENT AND CARE) ACT 1994 - SECT 41A

Notification of Magistrates Court about emergency detention or release from emergency detention

The person in charge of an approved health facility—

        (a)     shall notify the Magistrates Court of the results of an examination conducted by a doctor under an order under the Crimes Act, section 309 (1); and

        (b)     if, after examination by the doctor—

              (i)     the person is to be detained for treatment or care—shall ensure that the person is detained for the purposes of receiving that treatment or care; or

              (ii)     the person is not to be detained for treatment or care, or is to be released after being detained—shall release the person into the custody of a police officer.


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