Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The responsible person shall ensure that all persons admitted to, or receiving treatment at, the mental health facility or community care facility are given reasonable opportunities to communicate with persons of their choice by means other than written communication.
(2) The responsible person shall ensure that a person admitted to, or receiving treatment at, the mental health facility or community care facility is provided, on request, with facilities for preparing written communications and for enclosing those communications in sealed envelopes.
(3) The responsible officer shall ensure any written communication addressed to or written by a person admitted to, or receiving treatment at, the mental health facility or community care facility (other than an offender with a mental impairment) is forwarded without being opened and without delay to the person to whom it is addressed.
(4) Subject to any security conditions imposed under any Act, the responsible officer shall ensure any written communication addressed to or written by an offender with a mental impairment is forwarded without being opened and without delay to the person to whom it is addressed.