New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH (FORENSIC PROVISIONS) ACT 1990 - SECT 21B

21B Verdict of Judge

(1) The verdicts available to a Judge who determines a special hearing without a jury are the verdicts available to a jury under section 22. Any such verdict has, for all purposes, the same effect as a verdict of a jury.

(2) A determination by a Judge in any such special hearing must include the principles of law applied by the Judge and the findings of fact on which the Judge relied.