New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007 - SECT 37

37 Reviews of involuntary patients by Tribunal

(1) The Tribunal must review the case of each involuntary patient as follows:

(a) at the end of the patient’s initial period of detention as a result of a mental health inquiry,

(b) at least once every 3 months for the first 12 months the person is an involuntary patient,

(c) at least once every 6 months while the person is an involuntary patient after the first 12 months of detention.

(2) An authorised medical officer must cause an involuntary patient to be brought before the Tribunal as soon as practicable before the end of the initial period of detention, if it appears to the officer that the person should continue to be detained.

(3) The authorised medical officer must ensure that, as far as practicable, a person brought before the Tribunal is dressed in street clothes.

(4) Despite subsection (1) (c), the Tribunal may review the case of an involuntary patient at intervals of up to 12 months if it is of the opinion that it is appropriate to do so.