New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007 - SECT 51

51 Community treatment orders

(1) A community treatment order authorising the compulsory treatment in the community of a person may be made by the Tribunal or a Magistrate.

Note: Section 56 sets out the matters to be included in community treatment orders.

(2) The following persons may apply for a community treatment order for the treatment of a person:

(a) the authorised medical officer of a mental health facility in which the affected person is detained or is a patient under this Act,

(b) a medical practitioner who is familiar with the clinical history of the affected person,

(c) any other person prescribed by the regulations.

(3) An application may be made about a person who is detained in or a patient in a mental health facility or a person who is not in a mental health facility.

(4) An application may be made about a person who is subject to a current community treatment order.

(5) A community treatment order may be made in the following circumstances and may replace an existing order:

(a) following a mental health inquiry,

(b) on a review of a patient by the Tribunal,

(c) on an application otherwise being made to the Tribunal.