MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007 - SECT 170 Definitions
MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007 - SECT 170
Definitions170 Definitions
(cf 1990 Act, s 286B)
In this Chapter--
"agreement" means an agreement under section 171.
"civil patient" means a person who is involuntarily detained, or who may be
detained, under a corresponding law that corresponds to Chapter 3.
"corresponding law" means a law declared by the regulations to be a law
corresponding to this Act or the Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment
Forensic Provisions Act 2020 for the purposes of this Chapter.
"interstate community treatment order" means an order made under a
corresponding law that is of a class declared by the regulations to be an
interstate community treatment order for the purposes of this Chapter.
"mental health laws" of this State include this Act, the Mental Health and
Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 and any regulations made
under this Act or that Act.
"State" includes an internal or an external Territory of the Commonwealth.