MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007 - SECT 51
Community treatment orders
MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007 - SECT 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 . 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 . (6) Without limiting
subsection (5) (c), an application for a community treatment order may be
made, and determined by the Tribunal , in the same proceedings as an appeal
under section 44.
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