New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated Acts(cf 1990 Act, s 18A)
(1) An authorised medical officer may cause a voluntary patient to be detained in a mental health facility under Part 2 of Chapter 3 if the officer considers the person to be a mentally ill person or a mentally disordered person.
(2) Any such patient is taken to have been detained in the facility under section 19 when the authorised medical officer takes action to detain the patient.